"For such a faint and unknown target, we were not sure if we would get any data at all — but the strategy worked." ...

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...

Scientists have detected emanating from the nucleus of a galaxy relatively close to our Milky Way flashes of X-rays gradually ...

Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the very first time, and it’s shedding new light on the complex physics driving ...

Mar. 24, 2021 — The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has produced a new image showing details of the magnetic fields in the region closest to the supermassive black hole at the core of the galaxy ...

Using the MIRI instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of scientists made the first-ever ...

A strange black hole is making scientists scratch their heads.

Researchers found far more hidden black holes than previously known, indicating plenty of behemoths lurking in thick clouds ...

Event Horizon Telescope: Moving Towards a Close-Up of a Black Hole and Its Jets Dec. 17, 2024 — After taking the first images of black holes, the groundbreaking Event Horizon Telescope (EHT ...

Black holes and neutron stars are among the most fascinating and mysterious objects in the universe. These cosmic phenomena ...

Scientists have observed X-rays emanating from a white dwarf orbiting a supermassive black hole in a galaxy near the Milky Way. The study notes the stability of the dwarf's orbit, despite its ...

The galaxy has a supermassive black hole that is the source of two ... and the ngEHT (The next generation Event Horizon Telescope). "Our measurements give us a clearer idea of how the innermost ...