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

Astronomers have found that the largest black holes in the universe don’t just consume matter—they also help create it. (Centaurus Cluster composite image.) Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/V. Olivaresi et ...

The team behind new research on the topic suggests that measuring whether gravitational waves from black hole mergers are right- or left-handed can tell us if the Cosmological Principle — an ...

"Interestingly, the quasar powering this massive radio jet does not have an extreme black hole mass compared to other quasars." Astronomers have detected the largest black hole-launched jet ever ...

Expect the unexpected In this artist’s rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654’s supermassive black hole. (Courtesy: ...

The images show the Perseus Cluster and the Centaurus Cluster, each with a central black hole appearing as a bright white dot surrounded by patches and filaments of gas. In each image, a patch of ...

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