One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar—a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic ...

The smaller, intermediate mass black hole was likely derived from the Sausage Galaxy, which collided with the Milky Way 10 ...

Red specks in the early universe are puzzling astronomers, but a proposed explanation suggests they are the progenitors of ...

The black hole at the Milky Way’s heart neither slumbers nor sleeps. Instead, the ring of plasma surrounding it flickers constantly, punctuated by superbright flares, observations show.

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Scientists have detected radio signals from hot gas surrounding a supermassive black hole that existed 12.9 billion years ago ...

"Black holes are so stealthy that this one has been practically under our noses this whole time." The galaxy next door to the Milky Way, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), could be hiding a ...

This artist’s impression shows a star (shaped like an orange rugby ball) with some of its matter being ripped away to the center of a black hole. CARL KNOX–OZGRAV/ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR ...

A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so intense that nothing, no matter how much energy it has, can escape.