Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals ...
A new analysis of M87*, the first black hole imaged by humanity, has revealed turbulence in the matter around it, which this ...
Using observations from 2017 and 2018, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has advanced our understanding of the ...
Scientists used changes in the supermassive black hole M87*'s accretion disk to infer its orientation, size and turbulence ...
The universe's most massive black holes fuel themselves by cooling gas around them, astronomers have found. Using data from ...
Sgr A*, at the heart of the Milky Way and clocking in at 4.3 million solar masses, is the closest supermassive black hole we ...
According to NASA, "there are hundreds of them"—massive black holes roaming space. It is now emerging and reshaping the ...
The findings were published Jan. 22 in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. As matter falls into a black hole, it also circles it like water spiraling down a drain. The way this "accretion disk ...
Galactic nuclei images reveal how supermassive black holes interact with their surroundings using infrared telescopes.
By studying the fastest jet ever seen erupting from an infant star, astronomers have discovered that the mechanism that ...
A Grade 9 student at a Dubai school is creating ripples not just in the UAE but even abroad, driven by her passion for astrophysics and exploring the unive..
Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals that black holes can cool gas to the proper temperature for a cosmic feast.