The object would be the second-largest black hole to be found in our Galaxy, if further studies can confirm the findings, which are described today in Nature 1. It could also be the strongest ...

So far, only about ten intermediate-mass black holes have been discovered in the entire universe. The newly identified black hole causes surrounding stars in a cluster to move in an unexpectedly ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to identify a new possible example of a rare class of black holes. Called NGC 6099 HLX-1, this bright X-ray source ...

An international team of astronomers has used more than 500 images from the NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope spanning two decades to detect seven fast-moving stars in the ...

A group of scientists and optical observers from two organisations in Kolkata have come together to build a telescope, which has been termed the largest in the city. The 14.5- inch f/5 Dobsonian ...