In 2020, astronomers identified a nearby star system that appeared to contain something phenomenal: the closest black hole to Earth! Now, new research from some of those same astronomers suggests that ...

In some galaxies, large amounts of interstellar gas are spiralling around the super massive black hole and getting pulled in ...

Black holes might all have hearts of pure darkness, but many cloak themselves in rings of fire that blaze like little else in ...

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume ...

In NASA's latest survey, experts detected black holes hidden behind thick clouds of gas and dust and others that are not. Their study, published in the Astrophysical Journal, found that around 35% of ...

Collaboration has achieved the highest-resolution Earth-based observations to date, detecting light at 345 GHz from the ...

It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories each month. In the past, ...

Scientists discover low-mass microquasars can accelerate cosmic rays, reshaping theories on high-energy particle origins.

When astronomers detected the first long-predicted gravitational waves in 2015, it opened a whole new window into the Universe.

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...