Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...

Scientists say the two black holes merged after colliding at speeds near the limit allowed by Albert Einstein’s theory of ...

Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia have spotted massive clouds of cold hydrogen gas hiding within the Fermi bubbles.

Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold ...

Astronomers have detected cold hydrogen clouds within the Fermi bubbles near the Milky Way's core, suggesting a recent black hole eruption.

Learn more about LIGO, the observatory that detected two massive black holes merging, the largest in recorded history.

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) reveals a stunning view of star-forming region Sagittarius C ...

"It was something I’ve never seen before and I’ve looked at tens of thousands of images of galaxies over my career," he said.

In summer, we face toward the Milky Way's hub in the Teapot constellation, home to the galaxy's supermassive black hole.

Scientists have detected the collision of two massive black holes merging beyond the Milky Way. The two black holes, each ...

The event is the most massive black hole merger ever recorded by gravitational wave detectors and has forced physicists to ...

The new black hole has more than 200 times the mass of our sun – and is challenging theories of how objects form in space ...