Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is famous for being one of the dimmest in the universe. Evidence from a new space ...

Nearly every galaxy has a supermassive black hole in its core. Whether the black hole forms first and then the galaxy around ...

Astronomers have obtained the sharpest-ever X-ray spectrum of an iconic active galaxy, providing the most accurate, precise ...

Astronomers were puzzled by a black hole around 50 million times the mass of the sun with no stars, spotted by the James Webb ...

A supermassive black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 3783 just delivered an X-ray surprise that astronomers have never watched ...

The system is known as J1218/1219+1035, and is located 1.2 billion light-years from us. The three nuclei of the three ...

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

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way apparently flared up dramatically relatively recently. An echo of ...

The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about ...

The black hole is located in galaxy QSO1, seemingly without any stars around it, which defies the long-held idea that black ...

Astronomers have directly observed a spinning black hole twisting spacetime, confirming a century-old prediction of ...

New XRISM X-ray observations reveal details of gas near a supermassive black hole in galaxy MCG–6-30-15, helping scientists better measure black hole spin and behavior ...