Astrophysicists have teased a hellish potential future in which life on Earth is extinguished by deadly radiation from the ...

In the dense heart of the Milky Way, not only does a supermassive black hole reign, but a cloud of stellar-mass black holes ...

Astronomers have uncovered a spiral galaxy nearly a billion light-years away that hosts a supermassive black hole launching ...

"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...

Black holes may not be as life-destroying as we thought. A surprising study reveals that the powerful radiation from active ...

The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.

Astronomers have revealed that "space tornadoes" are swirling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky ...

The galaxy in question also possesses vastly more dark matter than the Milky Way, hinting at a connection between active black holes and the abundance of the universe's most mysterious "stuff." ...

"It was a real surprise to stumble upon this," Shapiro told Live Science. The object, which he believes to be a light echo, ...

The black hole theory is only one potential explanation for why most galaxies appear to rotate clockwise. The other is that the Milky Way's rotational velocity is affecting the measurements.

For comparison, the supermassive black hole in the Milky Way has about 4 million solar masses. Elsewhere in the universe, there are supermassive black holes with billions of times more mass than ...