The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever ...

A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at ...

We all know that black holes can devour stars, rip them apart and consume their remnants. But that only happens if a star ...

"This pushes our models to their limits and challenges our existing ideas about how these X-ray flashes are being generated." ...

The black hole at the heart of galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away, was quiet for decades as it ...

Researchers have spent the past few years watching a black hole re-awaken roughly 300 million light-years away from Earth.

"This rare event provides an opportunity for astronomers to observe a black hole's behavior in real time," said astronomer ...

This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.

Black holes power some of the most energetic phenomena in the known universe, but could they ever power an advanced human ...

Astrophysicists have teased a hellish potential future in which life on Earth is extinguished by deadly radiation from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way.

Ansky was first seen erupting in 2019, with bursts of X-ray light from February 2024. These repeated at almost regular ...

Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...