Astronomers have found a remarkably powerful jet shooting out from a black hole that formed just 3 billion years after the ...

Using millions of simulations and AI, astronomers discovered the Milky Way’s black hole spins near top speed. The ...

Astronomers detect an ultramassive black hole weighing 36 billion suns in the galaxy LRG 3-757, a record thanks to ...

These explosions, called extreme nuclear transients, shine for longer than typical supernovas and get 30 to 1,000 times as bright.

Supermassive black holes are behemoths that weigh in at several million to billion times the mass of our own sun. Like their ...

The monster black hole lurking at the center of galaxy M87 is an absolute beast. It is one of the largest in our vicinity and ...

The Event Horizon Telescope captured the first image of the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* — our ...

A supermassive black hole around a million times the mass of the Sun just gave away its position in spectacular fashion. When a passing star veered a little too close, it was torn apart in the ...

Yet, an exciting discovery has unveiled an even more dramatic future: the Milky Way is headed toward a collision with a supermassive black hole. This black hole, nestled in the Large Magellanic ...

Credit: EHT Collaboration Astronomers studying the Milky Way's supermassive black hole have found "compelling evidence" that could finally help explain its mysterious past. Located 26,000 light ...

These giants usually live in the centers of galaxies. Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, contains a supermassive black hole in its heart as well. So, how do these supermassive black holes become super ...

Now, an international team of astronomers has discovered a powerful rotating, magnetic wind that they believe is helping a galaxy's central supermassive black hole to grow. The swirling wind ...