"This discovery challenges the common belief that black holes formed in star clusters always have randomly distributed spins." ...
Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...
The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a "200,000 light-year-long trail of newborn stars" that may have been left behind by a ...
Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...
Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...
Supermassive black holes are often regarded as sources of wanton ... surrounded by flecks of light. Dark purple or blue areas represent filaments of hot gas observed by Chandra, launched in ...
This black hole merger animation was created using data collected by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors, an observation designated GW190412. Credits: © N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, A.
Revolutionary technique allows astronomers to capture incredibly high-resolution images of distant galaxies and supermassive black holes.