New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to ...

Researchers propose a new technique to identify supermassive black hole binaries through gravitational lensing causing ...

There's no denying that something massive lurks at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, but a new study asks whether a ...

Some evidence of supermassive black holes influencing the gas around them has previously been seen in X-ray images. However, ...

New research reveals how quiet galactic engines can help shape entire galaxies.

Inside an incredibly bright cluster of galaxies, a long-dormant supermassive black hole has come back to life. Radio images captured a one-million-light-year-long stream of star-forming particles and ...

"It is amazing to see that we are gradually moving towards combining these breakthrough observations across multiple frequencies and completing the picture of the jet launching region." ...

It's nicknamed Jetty McJetface.

XRISM measurements map gas velocities in the Perseus and Virgo clusters, separating black hole-driven turbulence from merger-driven motion using high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy.

Learn how a shredded star triggered a black hole jet that evolved into a years-long energy surge that continues to intensify.