Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have discovered "signs of a ‘hot spot’ ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a fleeting, spectral flash from the Milky Way’s central black hole, a signal that ...
Astronomers watched how the light brightened and dimmed near the event horizon of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...
"The discovery of this stream highlights how much is still unknown about the life histories of galaxies, how the hidden ...
James Webb Space Telescope's mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) noticed an infrared flare from the Milky Way's supermassive black ...
Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole that shines with the light of 10 trillion suns ...
Space itself is scary enough—dark, vast, cold and empty—but galaxies have all manner of terrifying beasts lurking inside. Most of these astrophysical monsters are stars with various behavioral issues, ...