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

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

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

Collaboration published the first image of a black hole, of M87* from the center of the galaxy M87. The measurement data on which the image was based was obtained in 2017. The EHT Collaboration has ...

Sgr A*, at the heart of the Milky Way and clocking in at 4.3 million solar masses, is the closest supermassive black hole we have access to. It's also on the quiescent end of the activity scale, which ...

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

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

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 ...

Supermassive black holes, billions of times heavier than the Sun, sit at the centres of galaxies. Despite their darkness, they emit bright signals when gas spirals around them. Detecting hidden ...

An active galactic nucleus (AGN) is a region at the center of a galaxy where a supermassive black hole is actively consuming surrounding material. As this matter spirals toward the black hole, it ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: After a Nordic ski on the phenomenally scenic Taggart to Jenny Lake trail in Grand Teton National Park, Dornans in Moose is a must for hot drinks and après-ski snacks while ...