It is the first time a stellar pair has been ... Astrophysicists Capture Astonishing Images of Gamma-Ray Flare from Supermassive Black Hole M87 Dec. 13, 2024 — The galaxy M87, located in the ...

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered evidence that suggests the presence of a long-sought supermassive black hole at the heart of the nearby spiral galaxy ...

U.S. National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers, using data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, have discovered an early universe supermassive black hole ...

Launching on 24 April 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has had an out-of-this-world 35 years capturing some of the most amazing images of space. When it was first launched, Hubble had a tricky start, ...

The Hubble Space Telescope celebrates 35 years of groundbreaking discoveries, stunning imagery, and a lasting impact on astronomy.

Hubble also snapped the first space-based images of an asteroid breaking ... However, it does surround a supermassive black hole that is more than 2,000 times bigger than the Milky Way’s ...

This finding solidified the object's identity as a black hole, one that roams the galaxy alone, without a stellar partner. Located 5,000 light-years from Earth, it is significantly closer than the ...

The latest discovery marks the first-ever "compelling clue" that a black hole may be present in the enigmatic galaxy, ...

Now, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers may have cracked this puzzle, finding the first evidence of a ...

"For years, astronomers have searched for a black hole in M83 without success." Scientists have long believed that monster-sized supermassive black holes lurk at the heart of all large galaxies.