Hubble spotted a rare off-center black hole shredding a star, revealing the first optical discovery of a wandering ...

Could Mysterious Black Hole Burps Rewrite Physics?

Caltech simulations reveal what happens when black holes collide with neutron stars—violent cracking, intense shock waves, ...

Traditionally thought to go silent after a brief flare of activity, some black holes are now being observed emitting new ...

These explosions, called extreme nuclear transients, shine for longer than typical supernovas and get 30 to 1,000 times as bright.

Black holes are invisible, yet they are among the brightest things in the universe. If a star wanders too close to a black hole, it gets torn apart in a fireworks show called a tidal disruption ...

Astronomers have identified a new kind of cosmic explosion extreme nuclear transients so powerful they outshine typical supernovae by orders of magnitude and stay bright for years. Triggered when ...

Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...

Aside from being the most powerful known explosions in the universe, ENTs can help astronomers learn more about monster black holes in faraway galaxies. That's because the incredible brightness of ...