A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

In the heart of the Milky Way is a black hole millions of times more massive than our sun, but does that mean we're destined ...

Black holes are considered cosmic gluttons, from which not even light can escape. That is also why the images of black holes ...

Researcher Matthew Graham said scientists didn't initially "believe the numbers about the energy" emitting from the cosmic ...

Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole that shines with the light of 10 trillion suns ...

Scientists are observing the most energetic flare ever seen emanating from a supermassive black hole, apparently caused when ...

MacArthur Fellow Kareem El-Badry is redefining how we understand the cosmos, uncovering black holes, decoding the ...

Researchers are using black hole “shadow” images to test whether Einstein’s relativity remains unshakable. With next-generation telescopes, they hope to spot telltale signs of alternative physics ...

A peculiar object discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope just 700 million years after the Big Bang could reveal the ...

During the 1950s, the study of the cosmos was revolutionized with the introduction of radio astronomy. In the ensuing decades, astronomers detected numerous bright radio sources that they designated ...