Scientists want to know if a tidal disruption event that exploded twice is the result of a star abandoning its binary partner ...

Galaxy clusters are home to many giant elliptical galaxies that have completed their growth and are not forming stars.

In the last couple of decades, it’s become increasingly clear that massive galaxies like our own Milky Way host supermassive ...

This suggests that NGC 5084 is host to a supermassive black hole tipped on its side, and scientists think it could be ...

This marks the first-ever detection of X-ray spectral lines in a binary black hole system, offering a novel window into the ...

Scientists are diving deep into the origins of supermassive black holes, using recent gravitational wave detections as a key ...

Astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and ...

Caltech’s Katie Bouman explains how the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration captured the first imager of the Sagittarius A* Supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way galaxy - Milky Way vs ...

Now, a research team has shown that ... Binary Star Found Near Our Galaxy's Supermassive Black Hole Dec. 17, 2024 — An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close ...

A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. See W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of X7 ...

This artist's impression shows the surroundings of a supermassive black hole, typical of that found at the heart of many galaxies. The black hole itself is surrounded by a brilliant accretion disc ...