In a galaxy some 450 million light-years away, a brilliant flare of light revealed a probable black hole that suddenly woke from its slumber to snack on a passing star.

Shutterstock It’s amazing how much astronomers and astrophysicists are learning about the cosmos each and every day – with ...

Like a cosmic ghost, a black hole is invisible. Why? Because it traps light itself. Even photons can’t escape its gravity ...

Detailed image shows unusual structure of the emitted plasma jet - two supermassive black holes assumed to be merging in the ...

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Astronomers have been left baffled by a cosmic discovery that defies longstanding theories about how stars interact with ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare type of black hole tucked in a star cluster approximately 40,000 light-years away. Officially designated NGC 6099 HLX-1, this black hole was found after NASA 's ...