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

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

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

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

The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary ...

Australian scientists have identified a larger, venomous species of the Sydney funnel-web spider, 'Big Boy.' Meanwhile, Loft ...

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 ...

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

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

Researchers in South Korea are developing a constellation of satellites that could reveal what goes on in the vicinity of ...

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 ...