The supermassive black hole at the center of the Circinus galaxy is being fed with gaseous material by two spiral arms, ...
For 50 years, astronomers have been searching for evidence of winds emanating from the black hole Sagittarius A*. Now, they ...
Using JWST and ALMA data, astronomers have spotted a superlong and narrow 'galactic contrail,' possibly produced by a black ...
The discovery that black hole growth may not be limited to galactic centers could shed light on the role supermassive black holes, with masses millions or billions of times that of the sun, play in ...
It was spotted in the spiral galaxy NGC 3627, around 31 million light-years from our solar system in the constellation Leo.
Webb’s infrared vision reveals M87’s faint counter-jet, reshaping our understanding of how black holes power and regulate ...
The galaxy, also known as M31, can be seen with the naked eye but appears more spectacular from areas with minimal light ...
Scientists have shot two black holes orbiting each other, offering the first ever definitive proof that these intergalactic ...
Astronomers using JWST have captured the sharpest infrared view yet of the supermassive black hole jet in M87, offering new ...
Astronomers have caught a blast of hot wind streaming from the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sgr A*, for the first time ...
Most supermassive black holes lurk in the nuclei of galaxies, surrounded by stars and glowing with haloes of superhot matter, which swirls inward until it eventually vanishes into a gravitational ...
When galaxies collide, it's not a gentle affair, but it does take millions of years. Over this time, the two massive star ...