Astronomers have reported an unusually high-energy event that may represent a rare form of black hole feeding. The transient, ...

An exotic type of dark matter could explain some of the characteristics of our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, but ...

Since it turned on, the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed dozens of mysterious red blobs in space. The so-called Little ...

Astronomers have witnessed a rare cosmic event: a massive star that didn’t explode in a spectacular supernova, but instead quietly collapsed into a black hole.

One of the brightest stars in the Andromeda galaxy has disappeared without the explosion astronomers expected. Instead, they say, it collapsed into a black hole. The even ...

The formation of a black hole can be quite a violent event, with a massive dying star blowing up and some of its remnants collapsing to form an exceptionally dense object with gravity so ​strong not ...

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it quietly collapsed into a black hole, shedding its outer layers in a ...

If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds.

Astronomers have found growing evidence that runaway black holes are hurtling through galaxies at extreme speeds, leaving ...

In the nearby Andromeda Galaxy, a massive star bright enough to stand out for years has gone dark. Not in a blaze of glory.

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies ...

Using the Chile-based ALMA telescope, the researchers examined the dynamics and chemistry of a central region.