Credit: Aurore Simonnet / Sonoma State University That's because the shredding of the white dwarf's material has a "kickback" effect, propelling it away from the black hole's event horizon.

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 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 they be?

Using the XMM-Newton X-ray telescope, astronomers have witnessed a supermassive black hole ... that objects like white dwarfs may be able to live very close to an event horizon for a relatively ...

One supermassive black hole has kept astronomers glued to their scopes for the last several years. First came a surprise disappearance, and now, a precarious spinning act. The black hole in ...

The snow continues to be hit-or-miss, with eastern and northern areas of Western Washington seeing more white stuff than ...

They believe the most likely culprit is a spinning white dwarf -- an ... that is orbiting around the black hole and getting precariously closer to its event horizon, the boundary beyond which ...

A regional jet departed Kansas and headed to one of the country’s most congested and complicated flight approaches, just ...

Whatever was inside of 1ES 1927+654 — white dwarf or not — seemingly refused to cross the event horizon and enter the black hole. Masteron et al. then considered other potential sources for ...

The Kous’ bakery in Horizon West has plenty of fans. The store features a massive glass case full of cake slices, croissant, donuts and tarts, black-and-white tile floors and woven rattan chairs ...