Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals ...

Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. At the same time several telescopes, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory ...

Black holes can actively regulate the material they consume, using powerful jets of gas blasted into space, according to a ...

In the above image, the black holes are the bright white spots in the center of the gas clouds. The purple cloud represents ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...

NASA’s Chandra finds black holes recycle gas, ensuring a constant fuel supply. Their outbursts cool matter, triggering a ...

The Perseus Cluster and its central supermassive black hole in white as seen by the Chandra telescope and the VLT | Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/V. Olivares et al.; Optical/IR: DSS; H-alpha ...

Astronomers discover evidence of massive black holes feeding themselves, revealing a complex cosmic cycle of gas cooling and ...