The sounds aren't just a scientific curiosity, though. The tenuous gas and plasma that drifts between the galaxies in galaxy ...

Astronomers had long suspected that certain quasars—those brilliant, otherworldly light sources fueled by supermassive black holes—could harbor two black holes rather than one. That theory, long ...

A pair of stars orbiting one another has been found near the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* using the European ...

Event Horizon Telescope data reveal the magnetic field around M87* shifted, weakened and then flipped, defying theoretical expectations.

A black hole far from its galactic center has unleashed the fastest, brightest radio flares ever seen from a star’s destruction. For the first time, astronomers have detected a tidal disruption event ...

It is no secret that at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, lies a supermassive black hole better known as Sagittarius A ...

Indian astronomers have discovered how supermassive black holes and their powerful jets regulate galaxy growth by halting ...

For the first time, scientists observed a black hole tearing apart a star far from its galaxy’s center, producing the fastest ...

A new study may visually solve an enduring mystery about a bright object that's been studied since the 19th century ...

Astronomers release first image of two supermassive black holes orbiting each other in quasar OJ287, provide evidence of binary black holes.

The galaxy, also known as M31, can be seen with the naked eye but appears more spectacular from areas with minimal light ...

Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies. But there's an open question in ...