A team of researchers recently observed a distant star that was ripped to shreds by a supermassive black hole. The tidal ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Legacy Surveys / D. Lang (Perimeter Institute) / INAF / F. Onori Astronomers have taken a ...

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 ...

A team of researchers recently reported the discovery of AT2024wpp, an extremely energetic event involving a black hole and a massive star locked in a deadly ...

In the heart of distant galaxies, astronomers have witnessed the most violent stellar death throes ever recorded. A massive star, several times heavier than our Sun, strays too close to the ...

Back in 2024, a system set up to identify objects that suddenly brighten found something unusual. Unfortunately, the automated system that was supposed to identify it couldn’t figure out what it was ...

Black holes are often considered terrors of the known universe. Supermassive black holes are regions of space where the pull of gravity is so intense that even light doesn't have enough energy to ...

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 ...

An international team of astronomers has investigated a short-lived optical flare designated AT2022zod. As a result, they found evidence indicating that this flare is an unusual tidal disruption event ...