While it's much smaller than the largest supermassive black holes detected, it's still a whopper considering how early in the ...

Intriguingly, ultralight dark matter might be able to turn into photons (light) — and it's through this process that the ...

Webb detected rare neon gas in M83. This may signal a hidden black hole, challenging the idea that the galaxy has only ...

Explore 5 real images captured by NASA, revealing the mysterious and captivating appearance of black holes, offering a ...

While solitary black holes should be common, they are hard to find. The one in Sagittarius revealed itself when it passed in front of a dim background star, magnifying the star’s light and slowly ...

The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever ...

A distant massive black hole erupted to life, releasing record-breaking X-ray flares in a stunning cosmic event.

After years of observation, researchers concluded that the sudden changes in the galaxy were likely caused by its black hole ...

But black holes can also go through long periods of inactivity when they do not attract matter. And after a fairly uneventful ...

The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton is playing a crucial role in investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of ...

The black hole at the heart of galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away, was quiet for decades as it ...

Scientists have observed a previously inactive supermassive black hole producing regular, powerful X-ray eruptions that ...