"The sizes of these radio jets are not comparable to our solar system or even our galaxy." ...

Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole sitting at the core of the Milky Way. It has a mass of 4.3 million times our ...

Surprisingly, some of the universe's brightest objects are black holes. As scorching gas and dust flow around and into a ...

Observations of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, collected by the James Webb Space ...

Just when you think you understand black holes, the James Webb Space Telescope goes and discovers something that no one has ...

Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed an actively growing supermassive black hole ...

An international research team led by PD Dr. Florian Peissker at the University of Cologne has used the new observation ...

The flare came from a supermassive black hole that’s 10 billion light years away, making the flash the most distant one ...

On Black Hole Friday, we spotlight the work of astrophysicist Chung-Pei Ma, whose research is transforming our understanding ...

A monstrous black hole in a distant galaxy has earned itself a nickname worthy of a science-fiction horror movie for its gluttonous feasting on any stars that dare get near. Meet "Space Jaws." NASA ...

A colossal star met an unexpected fate when it drifted too close to a supermassive black hole 10 billion light-years away.

Some galaxies could grow so large by consuming one star from a binary system. April 8, 2012— -- For years, astronomers have puzzled over the diet needed to bulk up supermassive black holes – ...