Scientists have discovered a colossal water reservoir in space, containing as much water as 100 trillion times all the oceans ...

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

A team of physicists have discovered a new approach that redefines the conception of a black hole by mapping out their ...

A Michigan State University researcher saw X-rays coming from a black hole using the NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory telescope ...

"Many supermassive black holes may lie concealed within dusty regions of the early universe, undetected," said astronomer ...

To describe and characterize Earth, for example, one would need to consider what it is made of, its shape and mass, how much ...

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

"Could our galaxy one day experience similar high-energy phenomena that will have serious consequences for the survival of precious life in it?" A cosmic anomaly detected in a distant galaxy could ...

WATCH: Here’s the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our ...

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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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 ...