"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...

Learn how ALMA gives astrophysics a front row seat to dynamic forces that shape the galaxy, called space tornadoes.

Swirling through the Milky Way's central zone, in the turbulent region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the core of ...

Black holes have such extreme gravity that not even light can escape. They have been caught shredding entire stars and can ...

Often seen as destructive, supermassive black holes could help sustain life under specific conditions, scientists have found.

At the center of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. Interstellar gas ...

In a study published March 11 in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters, two researchers applied quantum mechanics to ...

A new discovery using the James Webb Telescope has implied we may live in a black hole. The telescope, launched by NASA three ...

One researcher’s analysis of Webb Space Telescope images could indicate that we’re all stuck in a black hole, according to ...

Despite the bounce and subsequent expansion, nothing can leave the event horizon, so it expands into a new region of ...

Although black hole radiation can be catastrophic in some cases, it may assist life once oxygen has accumulated in the planet ...

For this reason black holes are invisible to the eye, as lightless as the empty, dark space surrounding them. Scientists know ...