Astronomers have observed a binary star system orbiting near the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The discovery of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), published Tuesday in Nature ...
Scientists know stars can form near and even orbit these black hole behemoths, but they’ve never seen a pair of stars survive ...
A gamma-ray flare from a black hole 6.5 billion times the Sun’s mass leaves scientists stunned.
Next year's events that are visible to Californians include a rare peek at Mercury; Venus and Jupiter cozying up; and a total ...
After taking the first images of black holes, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is poised to reveal how black holes launch ...
"Black holes are not as destructive as we thought. It seems plausible that the detection of planets in the galactic center is ...
Astronomers observe unexpected gamma-ray eruption from supermassive black hole M87*. Discover the latest insights into black ...
Two networks of telescopes zoom into a distant galaxy: they take pictures of a black hole and its jets and confirm that there ...
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), famous for capturing the first images of black holes, is now set to unlock another cosmic ...
The black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy is 1000 times more massive than Sagittarius A*. Watch views of both captured ...