Astronomers have discovered strong evidence of a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of ...

A black hole is a region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. There are two main ...

The spins of some early galaxies could be a clue that the entire observable universe exists within a black hole—except, that ...

This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.

NGC 4941 dazzles in a new Hubble image, showcasing star-forming regions and a supermassive black hole that dramatically ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an ...

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

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

Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.

The Antennae Galaxies are filled with black holes and neutron stars, speeding up the process of star formation and change. Saturn's rings, first observed by Galileo 400 years ago, have since become ...

The 128 moons that have been found on Saturn are small, only a few kilometers in diameter, being irregular due to their inclined orbits, that is, they go against the main moons of Saturn ...

Saturn's iconic rings will appear to disappear in March 2025 due to a rare ring-plane crossing event, but astronomers assure they will return by November 2025, offering another breathtaking display of ...