Four lasers were directed into the skies above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Paranal facility in Chile. Each ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have discovered "signs of a ‘hot spot’ ...

Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...

Last week, four lasers were projected into the skies above the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) Paranal site in Chile.

Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole that shines with the light of 10 trillion suns ...

A giant star that is still being consumed by a supermassive black hole may have caused the largest flare of its kind ever seen, astronomers say.

The enormous outburst was likely caused by an unfortunate star venturing too close to a supermassive black hole ...

Images of black holes are more than just fascinating visuals: they could serve as a “testing ground” for alternative theories of gravity in the ...

Researchers are using black hole “shadow” images to test whether Einstein’s relativity remains unshakable. With next-generation telescopes, they hope to spot telltale signs of alternative physics ...

At the heart of the Milky Way, just 27,000 light-years from Earth, there is a supermassive black hole with a mass of more ...

Scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole flare, the largest seen in the universe, and it may be making a meal of ...