Supermassive black hole reactivates, emitting plasma jets New data sheds light on black hole’s unusual behavior since 2018 Potential white dwarf companion may explain black hole's activity ...

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, first proposed by Albert Einstein 110 ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a mid-infrared picture of Sagittarius A*, filling in a long-standing gap in observations..

The concept of Planet X, or Planet Nine, has captivated astronomers for decades. This hypothetical planet, theorized to be ...

Accessible to anyone the world over, witnessing the majesty of the solar system, including the Milky Way, and its billions of stars and planets is a sight to behold. While many nights offer the chance ...

Learning about such objects helps communities focus on the big cosmic picture. Studies of black hole impacts on galaxies shed light on how stars and planets form, which ultimately relates to the ...

A constellation of small satellites could help researchers view processes in close vicinity of supermassive black holes like ...

An expert in black holes, Trippe has grown frustrated with ... No longer restricted by the perimeter of the planet, the orbiting radio-telescope network — through the interferometry technique ...

Binary black holes could form in merging galaxies Light variations suggest binary black holes in PG 1553+153 Gravitational waves may confirm binary black hole systems ...

Researchers in South Korea are developing a constellation of satellites that could reveal what goes on in the vicinity of supermassive black holes ... of the planet, the orbiting radio-telescope ...