The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge computing. Scientists have used a powerful neural network trained with ...

Jets are cosmic phenomena that could happen in a couple of ways. Now, researchers have found one larger than the Milky Way, ...

Astronomers have studied the globular cluster 47 Tucanae extensively, but still have many questions. It may have an ...

A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of ...

The colossal black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning almost as fast as its maximum rotation rate.

The Andromeda galaxy is also known as Messier 31. It is a spiral galaxy located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth. On ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before seen.

Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...

The night sky in July a phenomenon that reminds skywatchers how remarkable it is just to be alive and to experience such ...

Astronomers at the University of Hawaii uncovered black hole events so packed with energy, they were the biggest explosions ...