But the supermassive black hole lurking at the core of NGC 3783 is 30 million times the mass of our humble sun, and the ...

A never-before-seen blast from a supermassive black hole was spotted by two sophisticated X-ray space telescopes. This giant ...

An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole ...

NASA has visualized the cataclysm, which is thought to have caused a mysterious eruption of gamma rays captured by telescopes ...

Learn how researchers used Einstein’s theory of general relativity to create the most accurate simulations to date.

Surprisingly, some of the universe's brightest objects are black holes. As scorching gas and dust flow around and into a ...

An international team of astronomers conducted a ten-day observation of the NGC 3783 black hole using mainly the XRISM space ...

For the first time, astronomers have caught the moment when a supermassive black hole flare triggers a mighty wind blasting ...

Supermassive black holes are complex beasts. When abundant material reaches them, they can become active. The process of ...

Black holes, born from dying stars, are cosmic giants that grow by consuming matter and merging with others. While invisible ...

Astronomers have discovered 53 new supermassive black hole-powered quasars that are blasting out jets of matter at near light ...

Leading X-ray space telescopes XMM-Newton and XRISM have spotted a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole. In ...