Astronomers have reported a colossal find in a famous warped ring of light. Inside the galaxy that forms the Cosmic Horseshoe, researchers measured a black hole weighing 36 billion suns. The inner ...

In any other year, the supermassive black hole mentioned above would probably scoop the award for most striking outburst, but not in 2025. This year, that accolade goes to a flare designated ...

It was a “light” meal for this star destroyer. A black hole ate its way into the record books after devouring a star and creating a celestial outburst that burned with the light of a trillion suns, ...

A black hole with a mass equivalent to 36 billion suns—10,000 times heavier than the one at the center of the Milky Way—has been discovered around 5 billion light-years from Earth. It may be the ...

Astronomers have discovered what could be the largest black hole ever detected. With a mass of 36 billion times that of our Sun, its gravity is so powerful that it bends the light of an entire galaxy ...

Astronomers have discovered a massive black hole jet that is three times bigger than the Milky Way. The jet is known as Quasar J1601+3102, and it was first spotted by astronomers using the Low ...

If you point your spaceship toward the constellation Leo, fire your thrusters, and travel about 5 billion light-years, you’ll find yourself in the vicinity of the Cosmic Horseshoe, home to what might ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 4, 2025 (ENS) – Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi’s Institute for Astronomy have found the most energetic cosmic explosions yet discovered, naming the new class of ...

Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole that shines with the light of 10 trillion suns. These bursts of light and energy can come from things like tangled-up ...