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Astronomers spot the largest cosmic explosion ever seen

The explosion is more than 10 times brighter than any known supernova, research suggested

Evening Standard · May 12, 2023

Astronomers spot incredible cosmic explosion that is largest and brightest ever seen

Scientists led by the University of Southampton have spotted explosion AT2021lwx, which occurred nearly eight billion light years away

Daily Mirror · May 12, 2023

Boom! Astronomers just watched the largest explosion in space rage for 3 years

The largest cosmic explosion ever seen by astronomers has been raging for three years and is ten times more powerful than a supernova. It may be driven by a black hole ripping apart a gas cloud.

Space · May 12, 2023

Scientists Spy a Supermassive Black Hole Adorned With the Shredded Remains of a Star

The star had an unfortunate encounter with the engine at the center of a distant galaxy, resulting in a tidal disruption event.

Inverse · May 10, 2023

Mystery solved? Runaway black hole chased by tail of stars may be galaxy in disguise

A 200,000-light-year-long chain of stars originally thought to be trailing a runaway black hole may actually be a galaxy in disguise.

Space · May 10, 2023

Enormous M87 galaxy looks like giant potato in 1st-ever 3D map (image)

Astronomers have created a 3D map of the massive elliptical galaxy Messier 87 and gotten a better estimate of the mass of its central supermassive black hole.

Space · May 9, 2023

Meet 'Scary Barbie,' a black hole slaughtering a star in the brightest way possible

Astronomers detected one of the brightest and most energetic cosmic objects ever observed in the form of a star being torn to shreds by a supermassive black hole.

Space · May 9, 2023

Moment black hole blasts out a giant mysterious jet seen for the very first time

The image captures the precise moment the astrophysical jet moving at nearly the speed of light connects to matter swirling around the hole before being sucked in

Daily Mirror · May 8, 2023

Shamel Pitts: Black Hole review – fragile glimpses of an Afrofuturist world

The US dancer conjures a potent spectacle filled with mysterious symbolism as three figures strain, combine and detach in stirring, almost ritual patterns

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2023

Have scientists detected a nearby black hole devouring a star?

The centre of a galaxy lights up as its supermassive black hole rips apart a passing star

The Hindu · May 6, 2023