Gigantic black holes lurk at the center of virtually every galaxy, including ours, but we've lacked a precise picture of what ...
Learn how a shredded star triggered a black hole jet that evolved into a years-long energy surge that continues to intensify.
But now a new study published in Nature suggests a solution to the Little Red Dots mystery. Scientists think young ...
Supermassive black holes can be very bright if they are actively eating, usually a brightness that stays there for a very ...
Imagine a jet of energy so powerful that it makes even Star Wars’ Death Star look tiny. That’s reportedly what astronomers ...
NASA compares the universe's biggest black holes with "each other and to our solar system," in this Goddard Space Flight Center animation. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image L ...
Some galaxies eject powerful streams of charged particles—jets—from their centers into space. The prominent jet of Messier 87 ...
Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to ...
At the center of our galaxy, something incredibly heavy is pulling the strings. Stars ...
Confirming a pulsar star would enable unprecedented tests of General Relativity. Such a discovery would revolutionize physics ...