Scientists are working to identify an oddly pulsating, supermassive black hole ( SMBH) that pulled a really weird stunt. More ...

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The supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy is in continuous turmoil, observations made using the James Webb ...

NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope have been used to study a cluster of stars, nicknamed “Nikhuli," that may be acting as a black hole "delivery system." Credit: NASA/CXC/A. H ...

DESI, which will be scanning the sky for five more years, is expected to observe around 40 million galaxies and quasars ...

Astronomers have discovered an ultramassive black hole 36 billion times heavier than the Sun in the galaxy LRG 3-757. This ...

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Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Northwestern astrophysicists gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the ...

Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the ...

This Google Maps image captured in 2021 revealed a mysterious, triangular dark patch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, ...

Scientists have discovered a way to create black holes without the mysterious singularities where physics breaks down. By ...

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