Astronomers have caught a black hole far from the center of its galaxy ripping a star to shreds — offering for the first time ...

Recently, scientists confirmed the existence of one such “runaway” black hole. The object, called OGLE-2011-BLG-0462, is an isolated stellar mass black hole that was detected ...

Using NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories, astronomers found the cosmic object in an unexpected place.

Astronomers have spotted an apparent supermassive black hole snacking on a star 600 million light-years away, wandering ...

Dubbed AT2024tvd, the burst of radiation from this " tidal disruption event " (TDE) was also picked up by NASA's Chandra ...

Quasars represent some of the most luminous and energetic phenomena in the universe. These distant powerhouses are driven by ...

If you are a sci-fi junkie you’ve probably wondered what would happen if you were unlucky enough to fall into a black hole.

Black Hole Debate Settled? Stellar-Mass Black Holes Found at the Heart of the Milky Way's Largest Star Cluster Dec. 9, 2024 — Could a decades-long debate about the mysterious movements of stars ...

While solitary black holes should be common, they are hard to find. The one in Sagittarius revealed itself when it passed in front of a dim background star, magnifying the star’s light and slowly ...

Some thought it was a stellar-mass black hole, while others thought it might be a less massive neutron star. Prior to the discovery, every known black hole was gravitationally associated with a ...

While it's much smaller than the largest supermassive black holes detected, it's still a whopper considering how early in the ...