Then, they pieced together a record of the X-ray light produced by a supermassive black hole in the Andromeda galaxy called M31 star or M31*. Their research provides insight into the unique ...

Their research pinpointed the location of the supermassive black hole to P2 using the exact coordinates of four X-ray sources located deep within the Andromeda galaxy’s core: S1, SSS, N1, and P2.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory provides a new look at the Andromeda galaxy in this multi-wavelength image that includes ...

About 98% of the star's mass collapsed and created a black hole with about 6.5 solar masses. M31-2014-DS1 isn't the only failed supernova, or candidate failed supernova, that astronomers have found.

“For example, Chandra’s X-rays reveal the high-energy radiation around the supermassive black hole at the center of M31 as ...

NASA's Chandra Observatory has combined different wavelength images of the Andromeda galaxy to honor astronomer Vera Rubin, ...

The Andromeda galaxy is also known as Messier 31. It is a spiral galaxy located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth. On ...

May 9 (UPI) --Researchers are hoping that new images and data from NASA can help explain the voracious appetites of black holes and give scientists new information about why some of the massive ...

NASA released a new black hole animation that shows the colossal size of black holes compared to our solar system and other cosmic objects. ... and bigger than the giant Andromeda galaxy.

Each point represents one black hole, and a close-up of this encounter can be seen in the image below. Close-up view of supermassive black holes in NGC 7727. ESO ...

Astronomers have discovered a black hole emitting energy in jets longer than the width of 140 Milky Way galaxies. An artist’s concept of Porphyrion, a jet of material 23 million light-years long ...