A star managed to escape a supermassive black hole's grasp, only to return for a second encounter, challenging our understanding of tidal disruption events.

“A human can do this only if the respective black hole is supermassive and isolated, and if the person entering the black ...

Yes, science proves it's possible to safely jump into a black hole. But if you're going to try it, you need to know this one small catch.

"We'll have to rewrite our interpretation of these flares and what they can teach us about the monsters lying in the centers ...

When a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole (SMBH), the star’s fate is sealed. The SMBH’s gravity is overwhelming, and as the star is drawn toward the hole, it is stretched out and ...

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

When the JWST began science observations in July 2022, it flung open a whole new window on the universe. The JWST looked ...

With the discovery of Infinity Galaxy, researchers believe they have found evidence of a direct collapse black hole by ...

A team of astronomers have discovered a curious figure in the universe. It is two distant galaxies colliding with each other ...

For the first time, astronomers have confirmed a star’s survival following a tidal disruption event with a supermassive black ...

Lightning might not strike twice, but black holes apparently do. An international group of researchers led by Tel Aviv ...

With masses that dwarf anything in the stellar realm, supermassive black holes are central to galaxy evolution. This analysis compares them to other cosmic giants—like dark matter halos and galactic ...