Scientists used changes in the supermassive black hole M87*'s accretion disk to infer its orientation, size and turbulence ...

A new analysis of M87*, the first black hole imaged by humanity, has revealed turbulence in the matter around it, which this ...

There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...

Astronomers are very familiar with the twin jets launched from the poles of supermassive black holes. These structures can ...

In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the ...

MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...

Besides stars, the United States Navy uses quasars as beacons. Quasars are distant galaxies with supermassive black holes, surrounded by ... X-Ray Flashes from a Nearby Supermassive Black Hole ...

A NASA study estimates 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden, shrouded by gas and dust, doubling earlier estimates. Explore how these elusive giants shape our understanding of galaxies.

As far as supermassive black holes go, the one at the center of the Milky Way is relatively sedate. But, even in its supposed quiescent state, Sagittarius A* is prone to the occasional belch or ...

This fact sheet relies on people self-identifying their race and ethnicity in the Census Bureau’s 2023 ACS to describe the nation’s Black population. The racial and ethnic categories used in census ...