Ancient quasars seen by the James Webb Space Telescope technically shouldn’t exist, but one rare type of dark matter could ...

The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

"This is the first solid evidence that helical magnetic fields can explain astrophysical jets at different scales." ...

Within those two years, the fluctuation period ramped up from every 18 minutes to just seven minutes – the first-ever measurement of its kind around a supermassive black hole. If this signaled ...

Using observations from 2017 and 2018, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has advanced our understanding of the supermassive black hole at the center of Messier 87 (M87*). This study ...

And every single one of those dots would be an accreting supermassive black hole." The universe could be packed with many more monstrous black holes ravenously feeding on their surrounding ...

A supermassive black hole (SMBH) is the largest type of black hole, on the order of hundreds of thousands to billions of solar masses (), and is found in the center of almost all massive galaxies.

The findings have been published in Astronomy & Astrophysics ("The persistent shadow of the supermassive black hole of M87. II ... They show how important global partnerships, state-of-the-art ...

According to NASA, "there are hundreds of them"—massive black holes roaming space. It is now emerging and reshaping the universe.

For many years, scientists believed that the extreme conditions near a supermassive black hole would prevent new ... These state-of-the-art tools will enable more detailed observations of the ...

Lycoming College invites the Williamsport community and surrounding areas to enjoy a free show in its Detwiler Planetarium on ...