Supermassive black holes stand out for their fundamental role in the evolution of galaxies and the history of the universe.

In a breakthrough study that redefines how we view the heart of our galaxy, astronomers have captured the first-ever direct ...

The discovery of a colossal black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) – a dwarf galaxy that has orbited the Milky Way for billions of years – has both shocked and fascinated the global scientific ...

New AI-enhanced images of Sgr A*, showing that our galaxy's black hole spins rapidly and tilts slightly toward Earth.

Most supermassive black holes don’t just swallow up matter, they eject it, sometimes in spectacular jets of super heated ...

Standing on Earth and gazing out into the night sky, you’d think our Milky Way galaxy is relatively calm. Most nearby ...

Astronomers see no stars ejected from the center of our Milky Way galaxy, giving them important information about the Sgr A* black hole.

A near-infrared view of the stars near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. - ESO / S. Gillessen et al. Astronomers suspect the giant black hole at the heart of the Milky Way may have collided with ...

Event Horizon Telescope data reveal the magnetic field around M87* shifted, weakened and then flipped, defying theoretical expectations.

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Circinus galaxy is being fed with gaseous material by two spiral arms, ...

The center of the Milky Way twinkles in microwave radiation, seen in new data obtained by astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. This study could help ...