A burst of X-rays from 8 billion years ago may be the first clear evidence of a white dwarf torn apart by a black hole.

The discovery challenges existing theories of how matter close to supermassive black holes behaves.

An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star.

Astronomers studying a brief optical flare detected in 2022 say it may have been caused by a black hole ripping apart a star, and the event’s unusual properties point toward a type of black hole that ...

Astronomers have potentially discovered an elusive 'intermediate mass black hole' tearing apart and consuming a star, marking a significant astronomical breakthrough.

Deep in the frozen heart of Antarctica, the South Pole Telescope has been watching one of the most extreme neighborhoods in our galaxy, and it's just caught something extraordinary happening there.

An examination of earlier observations from the wide-field X-ray telescope revealed another persistent X-ray signal preceding the gamma ray burst, which is an odd order of events for high-energy ...

On July 2, 2025, the China-led Einstein Probe (EP) space telescope detected an exceptionally bright X-ray source whose ...

Internationally-vetted data suggests we've witnessed a rare intermediate-mass black hole devouring a white dwarf along the outskirts of a distant galaxy.

BEIJING -- China's Tianguan satellite -- also named the Einstein Probe -- has likely captured an intermediate-mass black hole ...

Learn how a shredded star triggered a black hole jet that evolved into a years-long energy surge that continues to intensify.

On 2 July, 2025, the China-led Einstein Probe (EP) space telescope detected an exceptionally bright X-ray source whose brightness varied rapidly during a routine sky survey. Its unusual signal ...