Since 2018, we've seen 1ES 1927+654 generate jets in real time and found it may have a lone white dwarf orbiting near the ...
One supermassive black hole has kept astronomers glued to their scopes for the last several years. First came a surprise ...
A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...
The newly discovered "blazar," which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the oldest of its kind ever seen and changes ...
Nick Hague and Suni Williams spent six hours working on NICER, AMS and other equipment outside the International Space ...
The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary ...
Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...
A whitish, gray patch that sometimes appears in the night sky alongside the northern lights has been explained for the first ...
After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.
Jan. 13, 2025 — Astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a supermassive black hole at a steadily increasing clip. The source could be the core of a dead star that's teetering at the ...