An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole ...

A never-before-seen blast from a supermassive black hole was spotted by two sophisticated X-ray space telescopes. This giant ...

But the supermassive black hole lurking at the core of NGC 3783 is 30 million times the mass of our humble sun, and the ...

A flaring black hole whips up ultra-fast winds of more than 37,000 miles per SECOND, reveals new research. X-ray space ...

For the first time, astronomers have caught the moment when a supermassive black hole flare triggers a mighty wind blasting ...

Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they determined it could be the work of a black hole destroying a star.

Research records wind blasting out at 19% speed of light as X-ray burst from supermassive black hole rapidly igniting ...

An international team of astronomers conducted a ten-day observation of the NGC 3783 black hole using mainly the XRISM space ...

An international research team led by PD Dr. Florian Peissker at the University of Cologne has used the new observation ...

Supermassive black holes are complex beasts. When abundant material reaches them, they can become active. The process of ...

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

Astronomers have uncovered clues to a red giant’s chaotic past by detecting subtle stellar vibrations that hint at a long-ago collision and an unexpectedly rapid spin. Astronomers at the (IfA) have pi ...