Astronomers are trying to understand a mysterious cosmic explosion that the Einstein Probe spacecraft spotted in April last year.

According to scientists, one of the brightest objects in the Universe, quasars are galactic nuclei with gas and dust that fall into a black hole, releasing huge amounts of energy, making them ...

Traditional black holes, as predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity, contain what are known as ...

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

ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, GRAVITY Collaboration, EHT Collaboration (Music: Azul Cobalto) ...

In 2023, there was a drop in the maternal mortality rate for all but Black women, according to a Feb. 5 CDC report. The report collected maternal mortality rates for 2023 based on data from the ...

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

Not all of the material in an accretion disk is fed into the central black hole; some is channeled to its poles by powerful magnetic fields. These particles are accelerated to nearly the speed of ...

By unleashing powerful jets, or outbursts, the black holes kickstart a process to cool hot gas and form warm filaments that allow for the – let's say – now-edible gas to flow back into the ...