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Chandra X-ray Observatory and X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) imagery of the Milky Way's core and supermassive black hole ...
Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have witnessed high-speed "burps" erupting from a distant overfeeding supermassive black hole.
The earliest and most distant supermassive black hole discovered thus far by JWST is CEERS 1019, which existed just 570 ...
The Helix Galaxy, located 42 million light years away, is an unusual object as it is both a polar ring and a lenticular ...
Gravitational waves stretch and squeeze the fabric of space and time itself. When space/time is squeezed, pulsar pulses ...
Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.
A distant supermassive black hole, PG1211+143, is consuming surrounding matter so rapidly it's expelling excess mass at nearly a third of light speed.
A new census reveals that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden behind dust, disrupting major galactic models.
Hubble spotted a rare off-center black hole shredding a star, revealing the first optical discovery of a wandering ...
A distant supermassive black hole has stunned astronomers by expelling matter at speeds nearing a third of light velocity after consuming material at an extreme rate. Designated PG1211+143, this ...
Supermassive black holes usually lurk unseen, but when an unlucky star drifts too close they ignite titanic outbursts ...
These are rare occurrences—scientists estimate that the giant black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy gobbles a star ...