The enigmatic and awe-inspiring nature of black holes continues to captivate astronomers worldwide, and the supermassive ...

A massive, energetic jet from Virgo A could help scientists understand how matter behaves around a black hole.

The jet emerging from M87’s supermassive black hole is tens of millions of times larger than its event horizon. In 2019, the ...

The first-ever photographed black hole emits an extraordinary gamma-ray flare, billions of times more energetic than visible ...

The flare, which lasted for about three days in April and May 2018, erupted from the supermassive black hole designated M87*, which lies at the heart of the galaxy M87, located around 55 million ...

M87, a prominent galaxy in the Virgo cluster, gained fame after the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) revealed the first image of ...

Scientists observed M87’s first gamma-ray flare in a decade, revealing insights into its supermassive black hole and ...

The first-ever photo of a black hole rocked the world in 2019, when the Event Horizon Telescope, or EHT, published an image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87, also ...

A powerful gamma-ray flare from the M87* black hole challenges current understanding of particle acceleration near black holes.

M87 was the first black hole to be imaged, and now it's revealing details of how some elementary particles are accelerated by the universe's most extreme environments.

Space.com was on duty all year to bring you every major development in our understanding of the universe's most fascinating ...

Scientists hope that by studying this emission, they can better model the structure surrounding supermassive black holes. Not only was this the first time M87* had flared since 2010, but the ...