Astronomers are trying to understand a mysterious cosmic explosion that the Einstein Probe spacecraft spotted in April last year.

In the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster, astronomers spotted the largest explosion in the universe consisting of energy equal to a ...

Soon, however, the possibility emerged that the unusual explosion, designated EP240408A, could have been the result of a supermassive black hole ripping apart and consuming a star in what is known ...

A newly detected cosmic explosion, EP240408a, could be the result of a white dwarf's death, creating a high-speed jet. It ...

In NASA's latest survey, experts detected black holes hidden behind thick clouds of gas and dust and others that are not. Their study, published in the Astrophysical Journal, found that around 35% of ...

A mysterious cosmic explosion, EP240408A, detected in 2023, may reveal a new black hole phenomenon. Scientists are ...

Black holes are as dangerous as they are distant, so scientists set out to simulate one in a lab. What happened next would ...

Space is already filled with plenty of mysteries, and black holes may be among the strangest. Here are some of the questions ...

If a star orbits a black hole, it will appear from a distance to be orbiting empty space. Gaia projects the star’s orbit on a ...