Astronomers have spotted a rare, rule-breaking quasar in the early Universe that appears to be growing its central black hole ...

When scientists discovered an enormous black hole thousands of light-years from where it ought to be in space, they knew they had a cosmic oddity on their hands. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope showed a ...

It's the clearest view yet of the dust at the heart of the Circinus galaxy.

The James Webb Space Telescope captured infrared light from a black hole and gave scientists unprecedented insights into the ...

Astronomers suspect that the flare is a a burst of radiation that occurs when a black hole consumes a hapless star, ripping it apart and swallowing it. Astronomers are continuing to monitor the black ...

"We'll have to rewrite our interpretation of these flares and what they can teach us about the monsters lying in the centers of galaxies." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Albert Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, may not be the best recipe to describe black holes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

The famous black hole M87 keeps surprising us. New research calculates its spin speed to be at 80% of the theoretical limit, with matter falling into its maw even faster. When you purchase through ...

Astronomers have detected spacetime itself being dragged and twisted by a spinning black hole for the first time. The discovery, seen during a star’s violent destruction, confirms a prediction made ...

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A supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way galaxy is creating a light show that's intriguing astronomers. Flares of light have been observed in a disk orbiting the black hole Sagittarius ...