"This tells us that the magnetized plasma swirling near the event horizon is far from static; it's dynamic and complex, ...

When galaxies collide, it's not a gentle affair, but it does take millions of years. Over this time, the two massive star ...

Not only are they supermassive black holes, but they crate a unique "wagging tail" of super-charged particles.

Scientists have discovered the largest black holes yet, and they're far bigger than researchers expected based on the galaxies in which they were found. The discovery suggests we have much to learn ...

Astronomers detected in unprecedented detail a collision between two black holes. Their observations confirm predictions made ...

Scientists have simulated how M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87, powers its immense particle ...

Artist’s impression of two black holes merging, which can be detected on Earth through the gravitational waves the collision creates. Physicists have detected the biggest ever merger of colliding ...

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

A black hole with a mass 70 times greater than the Sun was discovered, leaving scientists stunned. "Black holes of such mass should not even exist in our Galaxy, according to most of the current ...

For decades, astronomers have looked to the outer reaches of the cosmos for answers to our most fundamental questions: Where ...

A supermassive black hole in the far reaches of the Universe has been found guzzling down material at one of the fastest ...

Astronomers used the ALMA radio array in Chile to show that two narrow spiral arms are funneling gas toward the central ...