Image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has ...

was possible thanks to observations made by the Event Horizon Telescope in April 2017 and April 2018. These images facilitated a multi-year analysis using an improved and expanded set of computer ...

Scientists used changes in the supermassive black hole M87*'s accretion disk to infer its orientation, size and turbulence ...

As far as astronomers know, all galaxies harbour a supermassive black hole at their very centres. In some galaxies, large ...

Planetary alignments aren't rare, but they can be when they involve six of the eight planets in our solar system.

Stargazers are in or a treat as six planets - Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus - are set to align in the ...

In January 2025, a rare planetary parade featuring Mars, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus, and Venus delighted sky watchers ...

A planetary parade takes place when multiple planets align along the same region of the sky, visible from Earth.

Up to seven planets are set to align in the night sky over the UK in January and February - here's when and how to see the rare event ...

Highly energetic explosions in the sky are commonly attributed to gamma-ray bursts. We now understand that these bursts ...