Astronomers have achieved the first radio image of a supermassive black hole pair, using the retired Russian RadioAstron ...

Astronomers had long suspected that certain quasars—those brilliant, otherworldly light sources fueled by supermassive black ...

According to the equations that govern black holes, the larger one of these cosmic behemoths is the lower its average density ...

In a breakthrough study that redefines how we view the heart of our galaxy, astronomers have captured the first-ever direct evidence of hot winds emanating from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the Milky ...

Astronomers spotted the celestial standoff in the heart of the galaxy OJ287, around five billion light-years from Earth.

For the first time, two black holes have been captured circling each other, proving the long-held assumption of the existence of the cosmic duo.

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Circinus galaxy is being fed with gaseous material by two spiral arms, according to an international team of researchers led by Wout Goesaert (Leiden ...

Quasars are extraordinarily bright regions surrounding supermassive black holes, where infalling gas and dust generate enormous energy.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have found the universe’s first “dark stars.” Within the first few ...

Three scientists who unravelled some of the deep mysteries of black holes, the awe-inspiring pockets of the universe where space and time cease to exist, have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics.

We take a look at what the discovery of liquid water under Mars’ surface could mean, we discover how space affects the human ...

ORCs are vast, faint rings of radio energy that surround galaxies and can be detected only in radio wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum. They are made up of fast-moving, magnetized plasma.