NASA has visualized the cataclysm, which is thought to have caused a mysterious eruption of gamma rays captured by telescopes ...

A never-before-seen blast from a supermassive black hole was spotted by two sophisticated X-ray space telescopes. This giant ...

A team of astronomers including George Washington University physics Ph.D. student Eliza Neights recorded an extraordinary ...

A flaring black hole whips up ultra-fast winds of more than 37,000 miles per SECOND, reveals new research. X-ray space ...

An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole ...

Galaxy mergers activate supermassive black holes, Euclid data shows, revealing more AGN in merging systems and new insights into galaxy evolution ...

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

Scientists flew the XL-Calibur telescope on a high-altitude balloon to measure polarized X-rays from Cygnus X-1. These measurements reveal details about the chaotic, superheated material swirling ...

Black Hole blast unleashes ultra-fast winds at one-fifth the speed of light Astronomers have ...

A space telescope and AI teamed up to analyze a million galaxies and learn what triggers supermassive black holes the most.

Using cutting-edge algorithms and exascale supercomputers, researchers have created the most realistic simulations yet of matter flowing into black holes. Building on decades of research, a group of c ...

NASA's newest space telescope — a black hole-hunting observatory — unfolded a giant mast in orbit Thursday (June 21), one of the final steps before it can begin peering deep into the universe. The ...