NASA Goddard Space Flight Center runs down the best-known Black Holes in the Milky Way galaxy and the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...

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

Astronomers have discovered a pair of young stars near the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. And despite living so close to the cosmic behemoth, they are likely to remain intact ...

There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...

"If our eyes were able to detect X-rays, the sky would be full of dots. And every single one of those dots would be an ...

Scientists have published a spectacular new polarised light image of the strong magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Seen in polarised light for ...

He added: “If we didn’t have a supermassive black hole in our Milky Way galaxy, there might be many more stars in the sky.

Researchers found far more hidden black holes than previously known, indicating plenty of behemoths lurking in thick clouds ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Black holes are more common than you may think. There’s even one in our galaxy. Close enough for scientists to actually observe its destructive nature.

Researchers from the University of Connecticut have created the first 3D maps of star-forming gas clouds in one of the most ...

Scientists have spotted what appear to be two stars whipping around each other near the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy NEW YORK -- Scientists have spotted what ...