APM 08279-5255 is a massive black hole (quasar) that contains about 140 trillion times the amount in all of Earth’s oceans ...

Astronomers spotted the largest flare ever released from a supermassive black hole as it snacked on a giant star.

Active galactic nucleus (AGN) black hole 10 billion light-years away, J2245+3743, made the biggest and brightest flare ever ...

Astronomers suspect that in the first second after the universe formed, the very first black holes also formed. These tiny though profoundly dense objects — think of an atom-sized particle wielding ...

The Event Horizon Telescope only recently gave us the first images of the environment immediately surrounding a black hole.

Researcher Matthew Graham said scientists didn't initially "believe the numbers about the energy" emitting from the cosmic ...

"Once you consider magnetic fields, you can actually explain the origins of this unique event." Scientists have gotten to the ...

A colossal black hole 10 billion light-years away has been caught devouring one of the universe’s biggest stars, unleashing a ...

Uncover the scariest black hole discovery near Earth and the potential danger it poses. NFL star Amon-Ra St. Brown's Donald ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Imagine the formation of a black hole and you’ll probably envision a massive star running out of fuel and collapsing in on itself. Yet the chaotic conditions of the early universe may ...