Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

Ever since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope was launched, it’s been revealing more about the universe than even most ...

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...

A little-known chapter of the Hubble Space Telescope’s history is a reminder of the risks of looking at the sun ...

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

The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary ...

Astronomers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to reveal 44 stars in a galaxy so far away, its light dates to when the ...

In 2018, a galaxy about 270 million light-years away from Earth exhibited a major increase in activity. It quieted down again ...

Researchers found far more hidden black holes than previously known, indicating plenty of behemoths lurking in thick clouds ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...

Astronomers have been monitoring the black hole for years, primarily since 2018 when the mass was observed changing its properties with a major X-ray outburst. Between 2022 and 2024, astronomers ...