The Milky Way can be seen as something of a bully, having devoured many smaller galaxies to achieve its vast mass, and ...

The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

The strange behavior of hypervelocity stars suggests a nearby dwarf galaxy must contain a supermassive black hole. If so, a ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

A new form of black hole archeology, linking spin to gas and dust, has revealed that these cosmic titans spin faster than ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.

Black holes can actively regulate the material they consume, using powerful jets of gas blasted into space, according to a ...

Black holes do not have many defining characteristics that can help astronomers trace back their origins. Fortunately, new ...

Researchers using the Event Horizon Telescope have significantly advanced our understanding of the supermassive black hole at ...