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

Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way received a powerful kick from the Large Magellanic Cloud — and a central black hole might ...

Often seen as destructive, supermassive black holes could help sustain life under specific conditions, scientists have found.

X-ray astronomy is a somewhat neglected corner of the more general field of astronomy. The biggest names in telescopes, like ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud is one of the most well-studied galaxies, but new findings suggest it might have been holding a ...

At the center of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. Interstellar gas ...

Astronomers uncover the closest supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, rewriting our understanding of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a surprising galaxy rotation pattern, where two-thirds rotate clockwise and ...

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

A surprising new study from Dartmouth and the University of Exeter researchers shows that when the supermassive black holes at the center of most large galaxies—including the Milky Way—consume ...

For this reason black holes are invisible to the eye, as lightless as the empty, dark space surrounding them. Scientists know ...