The team discovered the star by analyzing archival data from NASA’s NEOWISE mission. They used a prediction from the 1970s ...

Recent observations suggest that 'runaway' black holes are tumbling through the cosmos. Building on decades of theory, the discovery adds a remarkable new chapter to the story of the universe.

A massive star in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has simply disappeared. Some astronomers believe that it's collapsed in on ...

Scientists have named two systems of colliding supermassive black holes after Lord of the Rings locations, Gondor and Rohan.

For a few brief nights each year, you get a rare chance to watch a monster blink. The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has released new, detailed views of M87*, the supermassive black hole at ...

Gigantic black holes lurk at the center of virtually every galaxy, including ours, but we've lacked a precise picture of what ...

Supermassive black holes rarely travel alone. Most large galaxies hide one at the center, and when galaxies collide, the two ...

It's nicknamed Jetty McJetface.

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Scientists are observing the behavior of a supermassive black hole that is ...

Scientists say an ultra-powerful neutrino once thought impossible may be explained by an exotic black hole model involving a so-called “dark charge.” ...

Scientists have named newly detected merging supermassive black holes after ’Lord of the Rings’ locations, using gravitational wave data and quasar observations to map their mergers.

A new study has connected the famous m87 black hole, the first ever imaged, to its powerful cosmic jet, revealing how it ...