Using observations from 2017 and 2018, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has advanced our understanding of the ...

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MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...

Image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has uncovered strong and organised magnetic fields spiralling from its edge," ...

Jan. 13, 2025 — The night sky has always played a crucial role in navigation, from early ocean crossings to modern GPS. Besides stars, the United States Navy uses quasars as beacons. Quasars are ...

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration released new findings regarding the supermassive black hole M87* based on ...

But sometimes, there comes along a movie that combines the expansive vision of sci-fi with the heart-stopping terror of ...

Strange x-ray pulses hint at a surprisingly long-lived white dwarf orbiting precariously close to a supermassive black hole ...

The first black hole that astronomers observed "turning off" just turned back on, releasing jets of hot gas into the cosmos.

There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...

One Vanderbilt University researcher thinks time travel might not just be for the movies. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons). Time ...

Astronomers are very familiar with the twin jets launched from the poles of supermassive black holes. These structures can ...