A strange black hole is making scientists scratch their heads.

A mysterious black hole has started behaving even more strangely, scientists have said. The supermassive black hole has been ...

MIT astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a supermassive black hole at a steadily increasing clip. The source could be the core of a dead star that’s teetering at the black hole’s edge.

Astronomers have watched as a supermassive black hole enjoying a stellar meal flashed twice in a rare and powerful event. This double-flash Tidal Disruption Event (TDE) could result from the black ...

An illustration of two black holes about to merge into one. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The finding about LID-568's feeding frenzy was far from the last word on early supermassive black hole ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Astronomers have watched as a supermassive black hole enjoying a stellar meal flashed twice in a ...

The plumes suggested the galaxy might house a supermassive black hole, NASA said. Spotting both pairs, which formed an "X" shape, led researchers to focus more on the area. Using archived data ...

In the center of NGC 5084, some 80 million light-years away, the supermassive black hole around which the whole galaxy revolves has been discovered tipped over on its side, with its rotational ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is associated with wanton destruction, but a recent discovery throws that assumption into question. A team of international ...