The concept of two black holes orbiting one another has been theorized for many years, but recent satellite photography may ...

After decades of searching, astronomers have imaged two supermassive black holes in orbit around each other at the heart of ...

Astronomers had long suspected that certain quasars—those brilliant, otherworldly light sources fueled by supermassive black ...

Most supermassive black holes lurk in the nuclei of galaxies, surrounded by stars and glowing with haloes of superhot matter, which swirls inward until it eventually vanishes into a gravitational ...

Astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole far from the center of a galaxy where it ought to be giving off bright ...

Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if ...

For the first time, astronomers have gotten a detailed look at how a supermassive black hole (SMBH) eats, discovering two ...

Supermassive black holes stand out for their fundamental role in the evolution of galaxies and the history of the universe.

A supermassive black hole in the far reaches of the Universe has been found guzzling down material at one of the fastest rates ever seen.

The complex dance of two black holes locked in a doomed orbit has been revealed in a first-of-its-kind direct radio image.

When galaxies collide, it's not a gentle affair, but it does take millions of years. Over this time, the two massive star ...

Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies. But there's an open question in ...