An unexpected monster black hole was found hiding inside one of the Milky Way's tiniest neighbors, rewriting what scientists ...

By Leah CraneA nearby galaxy once thought to be dominated by dark matter seems to have a surprise supermassive black hole at ...

The Event Horizon Telescope captured the first image of the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* — our ...

It’s possible that these objects might be the primordial beginnings of the supermassive black holes found in the centers of ...

A black hole far from its galactic center has unleashed the fastest, brightest radio flares ever seen from a star’s destruction. For the first time, astronomers have detected a tidal disruption event ...

Event Horizon Telescope data reveal the magnetic field around M87* shifted, weakened and then flipped, defying theoretical expectations.

Centuries before anyone pointed a telescope at the sky, Isaac Newton figured out how gravity works. He showed that any object ...

For the first time, scientists observed a black hole tearing apart a star far from its galaxy’s center, producing the fastest ...

It is no secret that at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, lies a supermassive black hole better known as Sagittarius A ...

Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies. But there's an open question in ...

The galaxy, also known as M31, can be seen with the naked eye but appears more spectacular from areas with minimal light ...

In a significant potential shift for astrophysics, it turns out that some quasars may weigh as little as half what was previously believed. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens ...