By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal monster black holes in the early universe that seem to have grown too ...

The black hole, with an official name of 1ES 1927+654, is located in the distant constellation Draco. Astronomers have been monitoring the black hole for years, primarily since 2018 when the mass ...

Expect the unexpected In this artist’s rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654’s supermassive black hole. (Courtesy: ...

The universe's most massive black holes fuel themselves by cooling gas around them, astronomers have found. Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile ...

When NASA detects two black holes colliding, the cosmos is in a state of chaos. Black holes lie at the centre of most ...

"Interestingly, the quasar powering this massive radio jet does not have an extreme black hole mass compared to other quasars." Astronomers have detected the largest black hole-launched jet ever ...

A cosmic mystery surrounding a black hole some 270 million light-years from the Milky Way is deepening. For years, astronomers have been perplexed by this particular supermassive black hole ...

As far as supermassive black holes go, the one at the center of the Milky Way is relatively sedate. But, even in its supposed quiescent state, Sagittarius A* is prone to the occasional belch or ...

The supermassive black hole has been sending out flashes that have increased in speed. Astronomers say they have never seen anything like it before. The black hole is known as 1ES 1927+654 ...