New observations and simulations by a team of researchers led by MPE reveal that a massive binary star near our galaxy's ...

The black hole formed when the universe was only 700 million years old.

Using observations gathered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers have revealed that ...

Scientists are getting a clearer look at what happens when a black hole tears a star apart and why each cosmic flare looks ...

In a galaxy 500 million light-years away, two supermassive black holes could merge, spreading gravitational waves across the ...

According to models, as supermassive black holes orbit each other, they transfer their orbital energy to the stars and gas ...

Supermassive black holes literally don’t add up. Astrophysicists know it takes more time than is mathematically possible for one of them to reach its incomprehensible proportions via standard gas ...

Supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are one of the most active fields of research in astronomy. In order to accumulate their enormous masses, they must merge with each other. A ...

A new study explains how dense pockets of matter could have survived over an age-old cycle of multiple ‘Big Bangs.’ ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Black holes usually form from stars that burn out and collapse in on themselves, but that cannot explain the red spark of light that could be a ...

A giant black hole in NGC 4486B reveals a recent cosmic merger that has astonished the astronomical community.

A nearby active galaxy called VV 340a offers a dramatic look at how a supermassive black hole can reshape its entire host. Astronomers observed a relatively weak but restless jet blasting outward from ...