Astronomers are very familiar with the twin jets launched from the poles of supermassive black holes. These structures can ...

Scientists used changes in the supermassive black hole M87*'s accretion disk to infer its orientation, size and turbulence ...

Astronomers using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes "have determined that a giant black hole has destroyed a ...

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...

A new analysis of M87*, the first black hole imaged by humanity, has revealed turbulence in the matter around it, which this ...

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time ...

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A mysterious black hole has started behaving even more strangely, scientists have said. The supermassive black hole has been ...

2025 Astronomers have, for the first time, watched the moment a feeding supermassive black hole at the heart of a distant galaxy spat out a jet of material at one-third of the speed of light.

MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...

The researchers identified these giant black holes by peering through clouds of dust and gas in infrared light. The finds could help astronomers refine their theories of how galaxies evolve ...

A strange black hole is making scientists scratch their heads.