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

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 ...

Astronomers uncover the closest supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, rewriting our understanding of ...

At the center of our galaxy, hidden behind dense clouds of gas and dust, the black hole Sagittarius A* rotates rapidly, ...

"Black holes are so stealthy that this one has been practically under our noses this whole time." ...

The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.