The new findings contradict most observations of supermassive black holes, making this an unprecedented discovery.

Astronomers used the Gaia Space Telescope to say “you are the father” by tracing hot young stars back to their place of birth.

The twenty gravitationally connected galaxies extend through the early Universe for millions of light years.

The burst of energy seems to represent the event horizon of the supermassive black hole in M87 extending outwards, suggesting how black holes could “leak” energy.

Scientists have only observed supermassive black holes one billion years after the Big Bang, but astrophysicists have now breached this barrier.

The rare but extreme blast that outshone most supernovas originated two billion light years away and has been classed as a “Luminous Fast Cooler”.