ASTRONOMERS have identified 53 previously unknown quasars powered by supermassive black holes whose jets hurl matter at ...

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

Dusty stars close to the Milky Way’s black hole stay stable for years. New infrared data shows they survive gravity and ...

Using NASA's Swift and Fermi space telescopes, Indian astronomers have conducted a long-term multiwavelength study of a ...

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

Astrophysicists in New York have created terrifying simulations of how black holes naturally create dazzling displays ...

The team used two of the most powerful supercomputers, capable of performing a quintillion operations per second.

In fact, these jets often expand into wide plumes or “lobes” that fan out far above and below their host galaxies. The jets ...

Building on decades of effort, a team of computational astrophysicists has achieved a major milestone: developing the most comprehensive model to date ...

Surprisingly, some of the universe's brightest objects are black holes. As scorching gas and dust flow around and into a ...