New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

Some evidence of supermassive black holes influencing the gas around them has previously been seen in X-ray images. However, ...

Scientists scanning the heart of the Milky Way have spotted a tantalizing signal: a possible ultra-fast pulsar spinning every 8.19 milliseconds near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at our ...

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Supermassive black holes rarely travel alone. Most large galaxies hide one at the center, and when galaxies collide, the two ...

Scientists have named two systems of colliding supermassive black holes after Lord of the Rings locations, Gondor and Rohan.

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

Webb telescope data confirm a supermassive black hole fleeing its galaxy, carving a 200,000 light-year wake of new stars.

Supermassive black holes, often considered the universe's most extreme objects, are now seen as cosmic predators that can slow star growth in galaxies millions of light-years ...

Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to ...

It's nicknamed Jetty McJetface.

Scientists have named newly detected merging supermassive black holes after ’Lord of the Rings’ locations, using gravitational wave data and quasar observations to map their mergers.