Traditional black holes, as predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity, contain what are known as singularities, i.e. points where the laws of physics break down. Identifying how ...

For the first time, NASA Chandra X-ray telescope has been used to discover a pair of black holes in dwarf galaxies that are ...

As the most intense star-forming region in the Local Group, 30 Doradus is of particular importance to astronomers.

A unique dataset of Type Ia Supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of the Universe.

The Milky Way can be seen as something of a bully, having devoured many smaller galaxies to achieve its vast mass, and ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

By revealing a massive radio jet in the early universe, J1601+3102 offers a rare snapshot of early quasar activity.

Don't let the name fool you. Black holes might all have hearts of pure darkness, but many cloak themselves in rings of fire that blaze like little else in the cosmos. That doesn't mean all are ...

Space experts have uncovered a massive swarm of new supermassive black holes that could blow theories about galaxies wide open. A team of scientists using data from two NASA telescopes revealed ...

At first glimpse, it may seem like infant stars and supermassive black holes have very little in common. Infant stars, or "protostars," haven't yet gathered enough mass to trigger the nuclear ...

Jets from black holes trigger cooling in the hot gas, causing it to condense into warm filaments. These filaments then flow toward the black hole, feeding it, and the cycle repeats. Brightness ...

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