Strange x-ray pulses hint at a surprisingly long-lived white dwarf orbiting precariously close to a supermassive black hole ...

Supermassive black holes are not picky eaters. They placidly sit at the center of galaxies, but if material gets too close, ...

This star was in the midst of being torn apart by a black hole. The star itself had no hope of escaping the black hole’s grasp once it drifted into its event horizon — the area around a black ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Black holes are among the most intriguing phenomena in our universe. From the pictures ...

Scientists want to know if a tidal disruption event that exploded twice is the result of a star abandoning its binary partner ...

"This tells us that objects like white dwarfs may be able to live very close to an event horizon for a relatively extended period of time." ...

However, despite its gigantic size, scientists spotted that the black hole was eating the gas it needs to ... An illustration of a black hole shredding a star. Black holes are formed when a ...