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New Image of a Black Hole's Powerful Jets Is Challenging Scientists' Theories
The Event Horizon Telescope has taken the best images yet of a radiant jet shooting out of the nearest active galaxy to the Milky Way.
This Stunning Image of Our Galaxy's Center Reveals a Mysterious Phenomenon
Hundreds of images captured over 20 years were compiled to create the spectacular panorama.
Astronomers May Have Seen Colliding Black Holes Spark Up For The First Time
Usually, when black holes collide, they create gravitational waves that may be detected from Earth. But now, a flare of light has changed that.
A Black Hole Spewed the Ingredients for Life Across the Galaxy, Study Suggests
When the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy explodes, it likely eviscerates any life close to it. But over longer distances, these bursts of radiation may help life emerge.
Astronomers Find More ‘Unusual Objects’ Next to Milky Way’s Black Hole
The odd, dusty objects at the center of our galaxy could be stars that have been unified by intense tidal forces.
Our Galaxy's Core Mysteriously Erupted With a Beam of Light, Scientists Say
The explosion stretched for hundreds of thousands of light years into space and “must have been a bit like a lighthouse beam,” researchers say in a new study.
Three Supermassive Black Holes Are on a Crash Course, NASA Says
“This is the strongest evidence yet found for such a triple system of actively feeding supermassive black holes.”
Here’s How Scientists Plan to Watch Supermassive Black Hole Collisions
“When these objects merge, there is more energy produced than the rest of the universe put together.”
This Runaway ‘Hypervelocity’ Star Was Catapulted from the Milky Way’s Disk
“This discovery dramatically changes our view on the origin of fast-moving stars.”
NASA Captures Stunning Images of ‘Nuclear Superbubbles’ in an Alien Galaxy
NGC 3079 is spitting out particles that balloon across thousands of light years in space.
Astronomers Confirm Einstein’s Theory of Relativity By Watching a Star Orbit a Black Hole
Astronomers watched as a star passed within 12 billion miles of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way and reached a speed of 15 million miles per hour.
Around 10,000 Black Holes Are at the Center of the Galaxy, Study Says
The supermassive black hole at the galactic core seems to have an abundance of smaller black hole friends.