Although we know that supermassive black holes (millions of times the mass of our sun) lurk at the center of most galaxies, ...

Researchers have spent the past few years watching a black hole re-awaken roughly 300 million light-years away from Earth.

Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...

A bright star within our Milky Way galaxy photobombed a beautiful new image of a distant galaxy with "patchy" spiral arms.

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 ...

Scientists have uncovered the strongest evidence yet for the existence of elusive intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), long ...

"It was a completely serendipitous discovery." Stars are the architects of nearly all the chemical elements in the universe, including ones crucial to life as we know it, such as carbon and oxygen.

The James Webb Space Telescope peers at Sagittarius C, a star-forming region about 200 light-years from the Milky Way's central black hole ... "both in our galaxy and beyond." ...

Learn why a black hole is becoming active and why experts still can't explain the source of its regular, periodic pattern of ...

One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar – a spinning black ... inhibiting star formation. In addition to that, the jet also sprays X-rays across the galaxy.

With its signature mix of star power, fresh faces and boundary-pushing storytelling, Black Mirror season 7 is shaping up to be another unforgettable ride into the dark side of technology and human ...

One researcher’s analysis of Webb Space Telescope images could indicate that we’re all stuck in a black hole ... determine the direction each galaxy’s rotation. Spiral galaxies imaged ...