Tiny, ancient black holes could whizz through our Solar System as often as once a decade, according to a new study. We could ...

The jets of material that spew from black holes catalyze stellar eruptions, surprising astronomers and raising questions ...

Astronomers have spotted two giant plasma jets streaming from a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy. At a ...

In a surprise finding, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the blowtorch-like jet from a supermassive black hole at the core of a huge galaxy seems to cause stars to ...

There are many ways to take in the star-spangled universe from rural Australia, but these are surely some of the most ...

Astronomers have produced the most comprehensive infrared map of the Milky Way to date, revealing more than 1.5 billion ...

The one in the center of the Milky Way is about 4.3 million solar masses, while the one in the center of the elliptical galaxy M87 is more like 6.5 billion solar masses. SMBHs are not born the same ...

Astronomers have published a gigantic map of the Milky Way, unveiling discoveries that have changed their view of the galaxy ...

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have released the largest infrared map of the Milky Way ever. The enormous ...

Black holes are mysterious objects. One longstanding question has been whether rotating black holes, which are so powerful ...

JWST discovers that accreting black holes may be to blame for reports that hinted early galaxies were too big for their ...