University of Oregon astronomer Yvette Cendes made a surprising discovery years after a black hole shredded a star. What is "Jetty McJetface"?

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 ...

What can dormant black holes teach astronomers about tidal disruption events (TDEs), which is the bright flash observed when a black hole consumes a star that passes too close to it? This is what a ...

Astronomers have been left baffled by a cosmic discovery that defies longstanding theories about how stars interact with supermassive black holes. A powerful flare, linked to a star being torn apart ...

A black hole with the whimsical nickname Jetty McJetface is unleashing energy on a scale that makes the Death Star look underpowered. Astronomers say its beams are up to 100 trillion times more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A team of researchers recently observed a distant star that was ripped to shreds by a supermassive ...

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 ...

Astronomers have reported an unusually high-energy event that may represent a rare form of black hole feeding. The transient, named EP250702a, was fir.