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 ...
By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...
Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.
Astronomers have detected an enormous black hole-powered jet that stretches an astonishing 200,000 light-years, making it ...
An international research team has made a groundbreaking discovery about dark matter and its role in shaping galaxies and ...