The death of a star at the hands of a massive black hole in a galaxy 650 million light-years away has surprised astronomers, ...

NEW YORK -- A star was shredded apart by a black hole and a scientist's keen observation set off a chain of events that allowed the phenomenon to be captured on several different satellite cameras.

Using 16 years of data from NASA's gamma-ray detecting Fermi spacecraft, astronomers have discovered that "microquasars," ...

Astronomers have caught a runaway black hole in the act of tearing apart a star in a place it shouldn’t be: far from the bustling center of its host galaxy. The stellar catastrophe – known as a tidal ...

A recent University graduate has collaborated with a veteran University professor to shed light upon an obscure subject: black holes. Under physics professor emeritus John Wheeler, Daniel Holz '92, a ...

Astronomers have caught a blast of hot wind streaming from the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sgr A*, for the first time ever.

Astronomers have made an unprecedented forensic study of a star that was torn apart when it ventured too close to a giant black and then had its insides tossed out into space. NASA’s Chandra X-ray ...

Black holes are one of the universe’s most enigmatic phenomena. They defy our understanding of physics, challenging our perceptions of reality with their extraordinary characteristics. As astronomers ...

"We would like to understand the difference between these systems, which holds the clue to understand just how many cosmic rays are produced in the jets of microquasars." When you purchase through ...