Often seen as destructive, supermassive black holes could help sustain life under specific conditions, scientists have found.

X-ray astronomy is a somewhat neglected corner of the more general field of astronomy. The biggest names in telescopes, like ...

At the center of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. Interstellar gas ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud is one of the most well-studied galaxies, but new findings suggest it might have been holding a ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a surprising galaxy rotation pattern, where two-thirds rotate clockwise and ...

Astronomers uncover the closest supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, rewriting our understanding of ...

For this reason black holes are invisible to the eye, as lightless as the empty, dark space surrounding them. Scientists know ...

The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy residing near our Milky Way, visible to the naked eye as a luminous patch of ...

"Black holes are so stealthy that this one has been practically under our noses this whole time." ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a puzzling pattern in galaxy rotation, sparking theories that the universe may ...

At the center of our galaxy, hidden behind dense clouds of gas and dust, the black hole Sagittarius A* rotates rapidly, ...