Using the James Webb Space Telescope's infrared camera, scientists have captured the gigantic jet blasting out of M87* in a ...

A black hole far from its galactic center has unleashed the fastest, brightest radio flares ever seen from a star’s destruction. For the first time, astronomers have detected a tidal disruption event ...

Most supermassive black holes lurk in the nuclei of galaxies, surrounded by stars and glowing with haloes of superhot matter, which swirls inward until it eventually vanishes into a gravitational ...

The concept of two black holes orbiting one another has been theorized for many years, but recent satellite photography may ...

A new study may visually solve an enduring mystery about a bright object that's been studied since the 19th century ...

Astronomers used the ALMA radio array in Chile to show that two narrow spiral arms are funneling gas toward the central ...

A strange cosmic trail discovered in a galaxy is intriguing astronomers with its exceptional dimensions and origin. This ...

After decades of searching, astronomers have imaged two supermassive black holes in orbit around each other at the heart of ...

Astronomers from the University of Southampton made the unexpected discovery while examining an infant galaxy 12 billion ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Circinus galaxy is being fed with gaseous material by two spiral arms, ...

In a breakthrough study that redefines how we view the heart of our galaxy, astronomers have captured the first-ever direct ...

Some galaxies could grow so large by consuming one star from a binary system. April 8, 2012— -- For years, astronomers have puzzled over the diet needed to bulk up supermassive black holes – ...