At the heart of our Milky Way galaxy lurks a supermassive black hole about four million times the mass of the sun, called ...

Black holes are fascinating objects. They're unimaginably dense: If Earth was (hypothetically) crushed into a black hole, it ...

The black hole's voracious appetite, which has allowed it to pile on more than seven million solar masses in just 12 million ...

A team of astrophysicists, led by scholars from the Institute for Advanced Study, has developed an innovative technique to ...

A team of U.S. astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate—40x the ...

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

Back in 2009 astronomers spotted the same trend in jet knots blasted by a monster black hole in the center of M87 galaxy, ...

The black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy is 1000 times more massive than Sagittarius A*. Watch views of both captured ...

Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision ...

How did supermassive black holes get big so fast? Astrophysicist Souphie Koudmani tells us how she and her colleagues are finding out.

Astronomers have found what could be described as the universe's hungriest black hole – one that's breaking fundamental ...

The DESI survey reveals that active black holes in small galaxies are common. The findings may help reveal how the two cosmic bodies evolve together.