Astronomers believe they have spotted an elusive intermediate-mass black hole shredding a distant star, and they have ...

These star-shredding black holes sit within dusty galaxies that block many telescopes’ views. That’s not an issue for JWST.

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 t | Space ...

"These are the first JWST observations of tidal disruption events, and they look nothing like what we’ve ever seen before." ...

Astronomers have been left baffled by a cosmic discovery that defies longstanding theories about how stars interact with ...

Unlike active galaxies that endlessly devour nearby matter, these black holes remain in slumber, stirring only momentarily to consume an unlucky passing star. Astronomers from MIT, Columbia University ...

Using various telescopes worldwide, an international team of astronomers has observed a tidal disruption event (TDE) known as ...

In the past, these flares have often been obscured by exploding dust and debris, making them difficult to study. But this time, astronomers lucked out. This tidal disruption event, named AT2019qiz ...

A new discovery challenges the previously accepted understanding of how stars interact with black holes. While it’s often ...

The term for this gruesome process is actually " spaghettification ," according to NASA, inspired by Stephen Hawking's book, ...

In a tidal disruption event, a supermassive black hole shreds a star that ventures too close (illustrated). Such events may also spit out high-energy neutrinos. C. Carreau/ESA By Emily Conover ...

An international team of astronomers has conducted multiwavelength observations of AT 2023clx—the closest to Earth tidal disruption event (TDE). Results of the observational campaign, published ...