X-ray astronomy is a somewhat neglected corner of the more general field of astronomy. The biggest names in telescopes, like ...

Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy. This ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy residing near our Milky Way, visible to the naked eye as a luminous patch of ...

A supermassive black hole with an exceptional 7-minute flash ... SMBHs, including active galactic nuclei, have unfathomable density and draw other celestial bodies toward themselves.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured stunning images of black holes, revealing their energy and interactions with surroundings. These images sho ...

A new study of super-fast-moving stars suggests that they were accelerated by a monster black hole that's been lurking unseen ...

Researchers traced the trajectories of super speedy stars all the way back to their sources—and they discovered strong evidence of a previously unknown supermassive black hole just outside our ...

This can happen in many ways, including the titanic explosion of a dying star or the collapse of primordial hydrogen into the supermassive black holes at the core of most large galaxies.

Flickers and Flares: Milky Way's Central Black Hole Constantly Bubbles With Light Feb. 18, 2025 — Astrophysicists have observed our central supermassive black hole. They found the accretion disk ...

A rare instance of a supermassive black hole merger has been observed, resulting in a black hole exhibiting an unusually high proper motion. The New Scientist reported that this event holds ...

A team of Harvard astrophysicists discovered a supermassive black hole at the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Milky Way’s closest galactic neighbor. The research, published in January ...

A new study of super-fast-moving stars suggests that they were accelerated by a monster black hole that's been lurking unseen in the galaxy next door. This appears to be the closest supermassive ...