The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

Using the XMM-Newton telescope, astronomers have witnessed high-speed "burps" erupting from a distant overfeeding ...

One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

Using a neural network trained with simulations of supermassive black holes, astronomers have found that the one at the ...

Traditionally thought to go silent after a brief flare of activity, some black holes are now being observed emitting new ...

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What's behind black hole 'fireworks,' according to scientists A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.