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

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...

A supermassive black hole located 1.2 billion light-years away shows signs of intense activity. Observations reveal matter ...

One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

Explore 10 jaw-dropping black hole wallpapers captured by NASA. These cosmic visuals reveal the mysterious beauty of space, perfect for anyone fascinated by the universe’s most powerful and ...

An illustration of the gaseous wind "bullets" firing out of the supermassive black hole PDS 456. Audard et al. / Nature. In their study, the researchers used XRISM to observe the gas outflows from ...

Astronomers have identified a supermassive black hole located on the outskirts of a galaxy 600 million light-years from Earth, where it was observed consuming a nearby star.

Back in 1971, a couple of British astronomers predicted the existence of a black hole at the center of our galaxy. And in 1974, other astronomers found it, naming it Sagittarius A*. Since then, ...

An artist’s impression of a tidal disruption event, in which a star passes too close to a supermassive black hole and is ripped apart. Astronomers studying a mysterious system some 270 million ...

Astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a supermassive black hole at a steadily increasing clip. The source could be the core of a dead star that's teetering at the black hole's edge.

In 2018, a supermassive black hole called 1ES 1927+654 took astronomers by surprise by changing from a relatively inactive black hole to an extremely bright one.