Hundreds of millions of light-years away in a distant galaxy, a star orbiting a supermassive black hole is being violently ripped apart under the black hole's immense gravitational pull. As the star ...

Digital illustration of a star shedding stellar debris as it orbits a supermassive black hole. This artist’s impression represents the center of a galaxy about 860 million light-years from Earth.

A team of physicists devise a model that maps a star’s surprising orbit about a supermassive black hole – revealing new information about one of the cosmos’ most extreme environments. Hundreds of ...

The dramatic dimming of a light source ~ 870 million light years away from Earth confirms the accuracy of a detailed model. The dramatic dimming of a light source ~ 860 million light-years away from ...