Astronomers searching for massive black holes shredding stars found one in an unusual place -- 2,600 light years from the core of a galaxy. The roque black hole may be from an earlier merger with ...

Astronomers have discovered nearly 100 examples of massive black holes shredding and devouring stars, almost all of them where you'd expect to find ...

Binary Star Found Near Our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole Dec. 17, 2024 — An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive ...

A stellar black hole is formed when an enormous star collapses in on itself at the end of its life. It was discovered by chance due to its incredibly powerful pull on a nearby star in the ...

Some stars streaking through the Milky Way at millions of kilometers per hour probably trace back to a supermassive black ...

NTNU researchers may have found the answer to one of the big, unanswered questions in physics. The universe is full of ...

ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, GRAVITY Collaboration, EHT Collaboration (Music: Azul Cobalto) ...

Sagittarius A* has been seen by human eyes with an "image produced by a global research team called the Event Horizon ...

Recently, while observing Sagittarius A – the black hole located in the middle of the Milky Way – scientists noticed a non-common behavior. Although black holes cannot be seen and the only way ...

Quasars are a state when a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy is feeding at such a rate that it ends up spewing out more than it can chew. The material can glow so bright that it ...

Scientists have predicted enigmatic space-time disruptions that occur, when two black holes pass close to one another, with greater accuracy than before. Published in the journal Nature on ...