The EHT captured a surprising polarization reversal around M87*, pointing to rapidly changing magnetic fields near the black ...

Each site in the telescope received four of these data recording units; at the end of the observations, they were shipped to one of two data processing centers—in total, a half a tonne of hard drives ...

New data reveals black hole jets can accelerate at speeds defying all physical laws, leaving astronomers without a clear explanation.

"The key result is that while many alternatives look very similar to the 'standard' black hole at today's image quality, the ...

The first black hole images stunned the world in 2019, with headlines announcing evidence of a glowing doughnut-shaped object from the center of galaxy Messier 87 (M87 —55 million light years from ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the most advanced telescope ever constructed, designed for operation in deep space, approximately 1.5 million miles from Earth. The orbital observatory ...

We sat down with the experts who captured the first images of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the black hole at the core of our galaxy. Here's what we learned. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share ...

Supermassive black holes have some of the most voracious appetites in the universe, so astronomers at the University of Arizona and elsewhere can be forgiven for staring at one of them while it eats.