ESA's Gaia mission, the Very Large Telescope and other ground-based telescopes have discovered stellar black hole Gaia BH3.

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 ...

Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

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

Recent discoveries about black holes, including intermediate types and plasma jets, transform our cosmic understanding.

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

Researchers in South Korea are developing a constellation of satellites that could reveal what goes on in the vicinity of ...

ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, ...

Galactic gravity can dramatically impact wide binary stars, pushing them towards unexpected mergers or collisions. The ...

New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky ...

Observations of VFTS 243 provide evidence that black holes can form directly from the collapse of massive stars, without a ...

Looking at a distant galaxy means looking back in time.