NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals how black holes sustain themselves by cooling surrounding gas and creating a self-feeding cycle. Discover the role of jets, gas filaments, and the latest ...
Known as Sgr A* – pronounced “Sagittarius A star” – the supermassive black hole is four million times the mass of the sun and is known to exhibit flares that can be observed in multiple wavelengths, ...
A team of scientists including the University of Toronto's Bart Ripperda and Braden Gail - assistant professor and graduate student, respectively, at ...
Plasma jets erupting from a supermassive black hole in galaxy 1ES 1927+654 provide new insights into jet formation.
ESA's Gaia mission has discovered the closest and 2nd closest black holes to Earth found yet. In this animation, travel to latter, black hole Gaia BH2, and see what makes it unique. Credit: ...
The image of M87*, the supermassive black hole at the center of massive elliptical galaxy M87, changed the world. It was the ...
Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals ...