Strange x-ray pulses hint at a surprisingly long-lived white dwarf orbiting precariously close to a supermassive black hole ...

MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...

Supermassive black holes are not picky eaters. They placidly sit at the center of galaxies, but if material gets too close, ...

It appears this white dwarf is not making a death plunge but rather has stabilized its orbit around the black hole ...

Since 2018, we've seen 1ES 1927+654 generate jets in real time and found it may have a lone white dwarf orbiting near the ...

Using observations from 2017 and 2018, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has advanced our understanding of the ...

An artist's concept shows a stream of matter trails a white dwarf (sphere at lower right) orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding a supermassive black hole. — Reuters WASHINGTON ...

The fastest-spinning white dwarf ever discovered is a shrinking cosmic vampire feasting on a stellar companion. A feeding ...

Now, researchers report that they have caught a supermassive black hole in the act of eating a white dwarf ... the presence of an object in the accretion disk surrounding the black hole.