Astronomers are very familiar with the twin jets launched from the poles of supermassive black holes. These structures can ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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.

Strange x-ray pulses hint at a surprisingly long-lived white dwarf orbiting precariously close to a supermassive black hole ...

Discover how researchers found a bizarre black hole feeding at an exceptional rate, challenging theories on black hole growth ...

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

Galaxy clusters are home to many giant elliptical galaxies that have completed their growth and are not forming stars.