Hypervelocity stars have, since the 1920s, been an important tool that allows astronomers to study the properties of the ...

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

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

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

ESA's Gaia mission, the Very Large Telescope and other ground-based telescopes have discovered stellar black hole Gaia BH3.

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On Jan. 15, 2025, the Gaia spacecraft took its last image. Then the craft ran a final round of engineering tests, fired its ...

Do all stars exist in galaxies, or do some exist in intergalactic space?Thomas GriffilthAtlantic City, New Jersey Nearly all ...

Black holes are significant within the scientific exploration of space. They are places in space where gravity is incredibly strong, so much so that not even light can evade it.  The center of a black ...

Cutting-edge supercomputer simulations reveal intricate processes around black holes, improving our understanding of ...

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Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing ...