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Supermassive Black Hole is Blowing Bubbles at the Heart of the Milky Way
The bubbles, which extend over 36,000 light-years, are being driven by energetic outflows from its supermassive black hole.
Supermassive Black Hole That Could Outshine a Galaxy Hidden By Cosmic Dust
The black hole powers a region roughly the size of the solar system that is more luminous than
Huge Eruption Spotted From Earth's Nearest Feeding Supermassive Black Hole
The supermassive black hole at the heart of the Centaurus A galaxy blasts out powerful radio jets as it ejects material into space at near light speed.
Stars Seen Dancing Near Supermassive Black Hole in Deepest Milky Way Images
The weaving of stars around the Milky Way's central black hole shows how it dominates the heart of the galaxy.
Supermassive Black Hole at Center of Our Galaxy Hiccups As It Feeds
New research from the Hubble Space Telescope suggests that our galaxy's central black hole Sagittarius A* belches out jets of material as it swallows surrounding gas clouds.
Mystery of Black Hole's Powerful Near-Light-Speed Jets May Be Solved
Researchers may now understand how the supermassive black hole at the heart of M87 launches a jet of plasma spreading across thousands of light-years.
Volcanic-Like Eruptions in Black Holes Blow Bubbles Spanning Light-Years
The material that billows out from feeding supermassive black holes stretches for thousands of light-years "impacting anything that stands in their way."
Black Hole Eats Star, Causing Energy Burst That Could Have Outshone Galaxy
Scientists found the elusive black hole with a mass 10,000 times that of the Sun after it gave off the powerful X-ray flare.
Astronomers Spot Growing Double Supermassive Black Holes in Infant Universe
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope, researchers have observed two supermassive black holes that existed when the Universe was just 2 billion years old.
NASA Scientist Reveals What Terrifies Him Most About Black Holes
An expert tells Newsweek about how long it takes these cosmic behemoths to die, why they're here, and what we're trying to figure out about them.
Astronomers Spot Biggest Explosion in Universe Since Big Bang
"We've seen outbursts in the centers of galaxies before, but this one is really, really massive," researcher Melanie Johnston-Hollitt said.
Mystery Objects Near Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole Discovered
"It's not just a rare chance event. There has to be a mechanism to form them," study author Anna Ciurlo told "Newsweek."
Supermassive Black Hole Ejected a Star That Will 'Leave the Galaxy' Forever
Researchers say that the object is moving around ten times faster than most stars in the galaxy.
Heart of the Milky Way to Be Revealed by NASA in Unprecedented Detail
Images from the James Webb Space Telescope will be the highest quality ever obtained, researchers say.
The Center of the Milky Way Exploded 3.5 Million Years Ago
Researchers estimate that the explosion lasted for approximately 300,000 years.
Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole Seems to Be Getting Hungrier
"We have never seen anything like this in the 24 years we have studied the supermassive black hole," researcher Andrea Ghez said.
Gargantuan, Never-Before-Seen Radio Bubbles Discovered at Milky Way Center
The two balloon-like structures stretch hundreds of light-years and are thought to have formed in a violent eruption seven million years ago.
Supermassive Black Hole at Milky Way's Center Flashed Us With Bright Burst
Scientists are now trying to work out what caused the mystery burst .
Supermassive Black Hole 40 Billion Times the Mass of the Sun Discovered
Scientists found the enormous black hole after spotting an "unusual" object at the core of a bright galaxy cluster about 700 million light years from Earth.
Astronomers Spot Something Surprising Around a Supermassive Black Hole
The black hole is located at the center of the spiral galaxy NGC 3147 around 130 million light-years away from Earth.
Scientists Discover Vortex Around Black Hole Spinning at 70% Light-Speed
Astronomers have measured the spin rate of five, distant supermassive black holes for a study published in the Astrophysical Journal.
How First Supermassive Black Holes Emerged From X-rays
Computer simulations points to a new theory on how the universe's first giant black holes came to be—and soon scientists will be able to test it for real.
Supermassive Black Hole Discovered in a Tiny Galaxy
The galaxy belongs to a recently discovered, rare and unusual class of stellar systems known as ultracompact dwarfs.
Einstein's General Relativity Proven Right (Again)
The theory of general relativity, which describes the nature of gravity, revolutionized science after its publication in 1915.
New Telescope Captures Clearest View of Galaxy's Center
The image reveals in incredible detail a fiery region surrounding the supermassive black hole that lies at the heart of the Milky Way.
This Is the Brightest Early Universe Object Ever Seen
The incredible discovery will help astronomers unlock the secrets of the universe's very first galaxies.
Astronomers Discover Mysterious Objects Galaxy's Center
"It was surprising, but you like to be surprised in science."
Astronomers Discover Fastest-Growing Black Hole
The behemoth gobbles up the equivalent of our sun's mass every two days.
Galaxies Merge in Stunning Butterfly Formation
Competing winds from black holes and stars wrestle to give this galaxy its strange butterfly shape.
Black Holes May Turn 'mini-Neptunes' Into Rocky Planets
The planets face supernovas, gamma-ray bursts and gravity-disrupting stars in the crowded center of the Milky Way.