Astronomers have observed a star wobbling in its orbit around a ravenous supermassive black hole that is ripping it apart and ...

A black hole 30 million times the mass of the sun has produced winds one-fifth the speed of light, stunning scientists.

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

The X‑arithmetic technique offers a powerful new way to map the physics of other galactic structures across the universe and ...

The cosmos has served up a gift for a group of scientists who have been searching for one of the most elusive phenomena in ...

Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent study using NASA's ...

The 11th day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features a new view of the heart of a nearby spiral galaxy.

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

X-ray space telescopes caught a supermassive blackhole flinging matter into space at a fifth of the speed of light ...

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

Astronomers are learning more about the origins of supermassive black holes after new data is revealed from a 20-year-long ...

Scientists observed a spinning black hole dragging space and time as it tore apart a star, confirming a key prediction of Einstein’s theory of relativity ...