Pulsars are the lighthouses of the universe. These rotating dead stars shoot twin jets of radiation from their poles, usually…
Black holes swallow everything—including light—which explains why we can't see them. But we can observe their immediate surroundings and learn…
Using data from multiple observstories, a team of astronomers has discovered a monster blackhole right in our backyard!
Astronomers using the ALMA Observatory have discovered an unusual, massive star near the center of our galaxy, a star that…
A new study by an international team shows how the physics of a black hole's event horizon could allow us…
In March 2018 astronomers watched a massive black hole surge in brightness. Then over the following year, its ring of…
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has spotted a distant black hole shooting out jets of material, at close to the speed…
A new study led by Caltech researchers show that light can be reflected off of a black hole's disk by…
There's a lot going on at the center of our galaxy. A supermassive black hole named Sagittarius A-Star resides there,…
For the first time ever, an international team of astronomers - using the ALMA array - have taken a clear…