Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have succeeded in measuring the size of giant galaxy Messier 87 and were surprised to find that its outer parts have been stripped away by still unknown ...

Scientists have revealed an astonishing new image of the black hole in the middle of our galaxy. The object – known as Sagittarius A* – is shown in polarised light for the first time, in a profound ...

Repeated studies of the supermassive black hole in the galaxy Messier 87 confirm that it continues to act as Einstein’s theory predicted it would. By Dennis Overbye Hello darkness, our old friend, ...

A new photo of the supermassive black hole at our galaxy's core looks different from those before. Scientists released the photo, captured by telescopes from around the globe, on Wednesday. The image ...

The iconic image of the supermassive black hole at the center of Messier 87 has received its first official makeover, thanks to a new machine-learning technique known as PRIMO. This new image better ...

A Hubble Space Telescope image of the giant galaxy M87 shows a 3,000-light-year-long jet of plasma blasting from the galaxy's 6.5-billion-solar-mass central black hole. The blowtorch-like jet seems to ...