Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole ripping apart and devouring a star in colliding galaxies. It is only the ...

Astronomers discover more than 100 hidden black holes in a star cluster, revealing surprising movements in ancient galactic ...

Using NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories, astronomers found the cosmic object in an unexpected place. Rather than sitting dead center in its galaxy like most supermassive black ...

A dazzling cosmic swirl, NGC 3507 shines alone in this Hubble image, though it secretly belongs to a dynamic galactic duo.

Black holes continue to grip our imagination. These cosmic powerhouses twist space and time so intensely that even light ...

Astronomers watched as a galaxy with the forgettable name SDSS1335+0728 suddenly sprang to life when its massive black hole ...

A team of international scientists has uncovered a surprising cosmic mystery, thanks to a galaxy nicknamed the Squid Galaxy ...

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb discusses the hypothetical use of highly energetic events as a way to produce "gravitational-wave ...

The record-breaking galaxy is revealing secrets about the first stars and their unexpected chemical fingerprints.