Prior to the current finding, all black holes that scientists have ever identified have been spotted with a companion star.

Stars are the architects of nearly all the chemical elements in the universe, including ones crucial to life as we know it, such as carbon and oxygen. Yet, despite decades of research, aspects of star ...

This galaxy's central black hole appears to be a "messy eater" as its interstellar scraps are strewn into space.

An astonishing discovery from the James Webb Space Telescope may rewrite our understanding of the Universe’s early years. A ...

The energy source behind both quasars and microquasars is the spin of the black hole itself. As they gradually give up this ...

Something unexpected has come to life in the great darkness of space. In a galaxy 300 million light-years away from Earth, a ...

Take a journey to 89 million light-years away from Earth to the NGC 7727 galaxy. It harbors the closest pair of supermassive ...

Webb detected rare neon gas in M83. This may signal a hidden black hole, challenging the idea that the galaxy has only ...

The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever ...

Researchers have spent the past few years watching a black hole re-awaken roughly 300 million light-years away from Earth.

Scientists have spotted a defiant galaxy. Located nearly 1 billion light-years from Earth, the galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 ...

Hubble’s 35‑year celebration brings a vibrant reimagining of the Sombrero Galaxy, revealing hidden dust lanes and far‑flung ...