A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long flares as well as short flashes every day.

Jets are cosmic phenomena that could happen in a couple of ways. Now, researchers have found one larger than the Milky Way, ...

The colossal black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning almost as fast as its maximum rotation rate.

Astronomers have studied the globular cluster 47 Tucanae extensively, but still have many questions. It may have an ...

Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...

A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of ...

A microquasar belonging to our Milky Way galaxy has set records by generating cosmic rays with energy levels never before ...

“For example, Chandra’s X-rays reveal the high-energy radiation around the supermassive black hole at the center of M31 as ...

Supermassive black hole mergers occur when entire galaxies merge together. Bumps and kinks in the Milky Way's disk indicate it likely collided with at least a dozen galaxies during the past 12 ...