Chandra X-ray Observatory observations of the Perseus galaxy cluster black hole and M87's jet have been turned into sound by ...

Black holes are points in space that are so dense they create deep gravity sinks. Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that ...

It was swallowed by the sprawling Milky Way 8 to 10 billion years ago. In their findings, the researchers said the unusual motion of seven stars in this cluster provides compelling evidence for the ...

Black holes form when matter collapses to become so dense that spacetime encloses it within an event horizon.This means black holes aren't physical objects in the way they are used to. They aren't ...

How did supermassive black holes end up at the center of every galaxy? A while back, it wasn't that hard to explain: That's where the highest concentration of matter is, and the black holes had ...

For decades, astronomers have puzzled over how the supermassive black holes residing in the center of galaxies form. Now, researchers may have found the biggest clue yet to how these monstrous ...

R Aquarii is a binary star system with a red giant and a white dwarf. Omega Centauri is a globular cluster with millions of ...

An artist's conception of the distant black hole LID-568. Credit: NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. da Silva / M. Zamani The powerful James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a phenomenon once thought ...

Gas-churning monster black holes Date: November 13, 2024 Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Summary: Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered ...

A quasar is an exceptionally bright and uncommon supermassive black hole found at the core of a galaxy. NASA researchers have ...

A team of astrophysicists, led by scholars from the Institute for Advanced Study, has developed an innovative technique to search for black hole light echoes. Their novel method, which will make ...