Astronomers have observed a star wobbling in its orbit around a ravenous supermassive black hole that is ripping it apart and ...

The 11th day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features a new view of the heart of a nearby spiral galaxy.

But the supermassive black hole lurking at the core of NGC 3783 is 30 million times the mass of our humble sun, and the ...

A black hole 30 million times the mass of the sun has produced winds one-fifth the speed of light, stunning scientists.

X-ray space telescopes caught a supermassive blackhole flinging matter into space at a fifth of the speed of light ...

Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent study using NASA's ...

A never-before-seen blast from a supermassive black hole was spotted by two sophisticated X-ray space telescopes. This giant ...

A sudden X-ray flare from a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 triggered ultra-fast winds racing outward at a fifth the speed of light—an event never witnessed before. Using XMM-Newton and ...

For the first time, astronomers have caught the moment when a supermassive black hole flare triggers a mighty wind blasting ...

Astronomers are learning more about the origins of supermassive black holes after new data is revealed from a 20-year-long ...

Intermediate mass black holes (IMBH), if they exist, have between about 100 and 1,000 solar masses, placing them in between ...

NASA has visualized the cataclysm, which is thought to have caused a mysterious eruption of gamma rays captured by telescopes ...