Astronomers have observed a star wobbling in its orbit around a ravenous supermassive black hole that is ripping it apart and ...

New observations suggest that the relationship between light emitted by quasars has changed over cosmic time, hinting that ...

But the supermassive black hole lurking at the core of NGC 3783 is 30 million times the mass of our humble sun, and the ...

A black hole 30 million times the mass of the sun has produced winds one-fifth the speed of light, stunning scientists.

An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole ...

X-ray space telescopes caught a supermassive blackhole flinging matter into space at a fifth of the speed of light ...

A sudden X-ray flare from a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 triggered ultra-fast winds racing outward at a fifth the speed of light—an event never witnessed before. Using XMM-Newton and ...

For the first time, astronomers have caught the moment when a supermassive black hole flare triggers a mighty wind blasting ...

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

Astronomers are learning more about the origins of supermassive black holes after new data is revealed from a 20-year-long ...

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A monstrous black hole in a distant galaxy has earned itself a nickname worthy of a science-fiction horror movie for its gluttonous feasting on any stars that dare get near. Meet "Space Jaws." NASA ...