The black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy is 1000 times more massive than Sagittarius A*. Watch views of both captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration. Credit: Space.com | ...

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.

New details have been discovered about M87*, the first black hole ever photographed, revealing its plasma, its brightness and ...

NASA's new mission, Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH), is scheduled to launch on February 27 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Scientists have discovered an enormous radio galaxy 32 times the size of the Milky Way. They nicknamed it "Inkathazo," or ...

Image of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration "has uncovered strong and organised magnetic fields spiralling from its edge," ...

Astrophysical jets from black holes play a key role in cosmic evolution, impacting star formation and revealing insights ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune will appear together in a row throughout the start of February – although Neptune and Uranus will only be visible with binoculars or a telescope.

In a groundbreaking follow-up to their 2019 reveal of the first black hole image, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team has ...

The Vatican Observatory’s summer school, known as “Specola,” has already selected students for its next edition in June.

It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories each month. In the past, ...

Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals that black holes can cool gas to the proper temperature for a cosmic feast.