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

Scientists have found compelling observational evidence of supermassive "first stars" in a galaxy called GS 3073 that blazed ...

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

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

An immensely powerful flash detected earlier this year was created by a massive star exploding when the universe was just ...

For the first time, scientists have made a clear X-ray detection of chlorine and potassium in the wreckage of a star using ...

Galaxy Alaknanda challenges long-held theories of galaxy formation, which maintained that stable spiral galaxies could only ...

Scientists observed a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 releasing wind at 20% of the speed of light after a sudden X-ray flare. New data from XRISM and XMM-Newton explains how magnetic activi ...

A team from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences at the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) has published a paper that reveals ...

As Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett enters the 2026 Senate primary, fellow Dems are weighing how to advance their interests ...

The Boston area lost several luminaries in 2025, but their contributions won’t soon be forgotten. From Kitty Dukakis’s ...

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