When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Researchers have created a stunning animation showing the suspected intermediate-mass black hole ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A monstrous black hole in a distant galaxy has earned itself a nickname worthy of a science-fiction horror movie for its ...

Using the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) onboard the International Space Station (ISS), astronomers have observed IGR J12580+0134, which is the closest tidal disruption event.

Tidal disruption events (TDEs) occur when a star ventures too close to a supermassive black hole and is gravitationally torn apart by tidal forces. The resulting stellar debris forms an accretion disc ...

Back in 2024, a system set up to identify objects that suddenly brighten found something unusual. Unfortunately, the automated system that was supposed to identify it couldn’t figure out what it was ...

Astronomers from Curtin University in Australia and elsewhere have performed radio observations of a tidal disruption event known as AT2019azh. Results of the new study, published September 22 on the ...

The brutal star-destroying tidal disruption event is only the second ever seen in interacting galaxies. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

An artistic representation of a tidal disruption event, or a black hole shredding a star. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

Black holes are often considered terrors of the known universe. Supermassive black holes are regions of space where the pull of gravity is so intense that even light doesn't have enough energy to ...