Astronomers have spotted two huge jets fired off by the 'monster' black hole M87 wobbling on an 11-year cycle, proving for ...

What are black holes and why are they so fascinating to scientists and all of us? Here's what to know about the strange phenomenon and why it matters.

TechSpot is celebrating its 25th anniversary. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Why it matters: The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is a large telescope array comprising eight ...

The first black hole humanity has ever imaged has also provided us with what researchers are calling "unequivocal evidence" ...

Sep. 12, 2023 — At the center of every galaxy is a supermassive black hole. Beyond a certain size, these become active, emitting huge amounts of radiation, and are then called quasars.

A recent discovery has unveiled the death scene of a large star, three times the mass of the Sun, being torn apart by the menacing gravitational forces of a supermassive black hole. An event like ...

Region at centre of Messier 87 galaxy captured by the Event Horizon Telescope in motion Astronomers have captured the first direct evidence of a black hole spinning, providing new insights into ...

In the constellation Taurus, there is a cluster of a few hundred stars known as the Hyades. The cluster is just 150 light-years away, and it could be harboring a stellar-mass black hole.

Across the universe, the immense gravitational pull of black holes sucks up whirlpools of gas called accretion disks. Due to something called the "Lense-Thirring effect," surrounding matter ...

“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” This famous quote by Isaac Newton points to an axiom that lies at the heart of The Sciences — knowledge ...

Lessons from past eras when Earth was a hothouse or a snowball tell us whether we are doomed by climate change or still have ...