A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...

According to NASA, "there are hundreds of them"—massive black holes roaming space. It is now emerging and reshaping the ...

Image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has ...

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...

The image of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of massive elliptical galaxy M87, changed the world. It was the ...

As far as supermassive black holes go, the one at the center of the Milky Way is relatively sedate. But, even in its supposed quiescent state, Sagittarius A* is prone to the occasional belch or ...

Scientists discover 2 stars dancing around the Milky Way's black hole — and they could point to a type of planet never seen ...

A team of scientists including the University of Toronto's Bart Ripperda and Braden Gail - assistant professor and graduate student, respectively, at ...

Scientists used changes in the supermassive black hole M87*'s accretion disk to infer its orientation, size and turbulence ...

Recent studies challenge the long-held belief that the Milky Way is a standard model for understanding galaxy formation, ...

There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...