A mysterious object is being sucked into our galaxy’s black hole. Now, we may know what it is.
A mysterious object that has been slowly drifting toward the center of the Milky Way's...
Cosmic ‘tadpole’ points to ultra-rare black hole hiding near the Milky Way’s center
An enormous, deformed dust cloud that astronomers nicknamed "the Tadpole" could point to the location...
Monster black hole spews energy as regularly as Yellowstone’s ‘Old Faithful’
At the heart of a galaxy more than 570 million light-years away, energy flares into...
The most ancient supermassive black hole is bafflingly big
The most ancient black hole ever discovered is so big it defies explanation. This active...
A giant black hole keeps evading detection and scientists can’t explain it
An enormous black hole keeps slipping through astronomers' nets.Supermassive black holes are thought to lurk...
10 huge black hole findings from 2020
Physicists are currently in a golden age of new knowledge about black holes. Since 2015,...
Our galaxy’s supermassive black hole is closer to Earth than we thought
The supermassive black hole hiding in the center of our galaxy is much closer to...
Milky Way’s central black hole may have zapped nearby red giant stars
Innumerable stars reside within 1.6 light-years of the Milky Way’s central black hole. But this...
Earth faster, closer to black hole in new map of galaxy
Position and velocity map of the Milky Way Galaxy. Arrows show position and velocity data...
Losing Arecibo Observatory would create a hole that can’t be filled, scientists say
Editor's note: The National Science Foundation will decommission Arecibo's radio telescope, the agency announced on...