Astronomers stared deep into the heart of a hungry black hole, only to discover a jet of X-rays beaming out of it that is ...

A hot pink letter "H" is carved into the blazing hot gas that surrounds a supermassive black hole that lurks at the heart of a massive galaxy. The structure is a staggering 40,000 light-years tall, ...

The flash of light from the black hole's dinner finally reached Earth in 2014 — and astronomers just discovered it in their data. This newly detected outburst from the center of NGC 7392 is the ...

Okay, perhaps the title here is a bit of an exaggeration, but this black hole lamp made by [Will Donaldson] is an interesting approach to creating a black hole simulation without destroying the earth.

Astronomers are using 100 newly found supermassive black holes as a laboratory for extreme physics experiments. These black holes are nicknamed 'blazars' because they are shooting explosive jets of ...

Discovery of GS-9209, one of the furthest from the Milky Way, adds to evidence that large black holes prevent star formation, astronomers say ...

OK, that was a little click-baity, but then again, so was the announcement this week that a scientist had confirmed Hawking radiation with a lab-grown black hole. It sure got our attention ...

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Learn more. A black hole was discovered lurking quietly in a system just 1,000 light-years from Earth. The black hole, which is part of the system called HR 6819, is the closest black hole ...

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have come up with what they say is some of their best evidence yet for the presence of a rare class of intermediate-sized black holes ...

These black holes are nicknamed 'blazars' because they are shooting explosive jets of matter and radiation directly at Earth ... Related: What is a black hole event horizon (and what happens ...