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In summer, we face toward the Milky Way's hub in the Teapot constellation, home to the galaxy's supermassive black hole.
The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.
Particles orbiting a black hole could collide at colossal energies, generating collision products that may offer valuable ...
This year, the Buck Moon follows Earth's aphelion, the point in its orbit farthest from the Sun, by just a few days, ...
(Left) the relatively quiet black hole at the heart of the Milky Way (Right) the violent and turbulent supermassive black ...
The colossal black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning almost as fast as its maximum rotation rate.
These are rare occurrences—scientists estimate that the giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy gobbles a star ...
By using light to emulate the structure of space-time, researchers can better understand black holes – and the exotic objects that mimic them ...
The monster black hole lurking at the center of galaxy M87 is an absolute beast. It is one of the largest in our vicinity and was the ideal first target for the Event Horizon Telescope. Scientists ...
A never-before-seen type of giant space explosion – the biggest bangs since the Big Bang – has been accidentally captured by the Gaia space telescope.
Astronomers at the University of Hawaii uncovered black hole events so packed with energy, they were the biggest explosions ...
A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could they be?