This black hole has been studied intensely, and scientists have attempted to comprehend the effects it is having on our ...

This dwarf galaxy, a satellite of our galaxy, may have its own supermassive black hole. Evidence for this hidden cosmic titan was delivered via hypervelocity stars at the edge of the Milky Way ...

Astronomers have detected an erupting supermassive black hole producing some of the largest jets ever seen bursting from a galaxy with the same shape as our own. The galaxy in question also ...

The black hole at the Milky Way’s heart neither slumbers nor sleeps. Instead, the ring of plasma surrounding it flickers constantly, punctuated by superbright flares, observations show.

And in a recent experiment, scientists decided to look deep into a black hole that's way closer to home — where they were met with an explosive light show. In the most detailed look at that ...

We’ve even caught one on camera in 2019, when we finally took a direct picture of the “event horizon” that marks the point of no escape from a black hole. But why do we care? Black holes ...