First-light images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed a 163,000-light-year stream of stars emanating from the ...

A new study of super-fast-moving stars suggests that they were accelerated by a monster black hole that's been lurking unseen in the galaxy next door. This appears to be the closest supermassive black ...

Velocities of massive star candidates within the SMC shown as vectors. The colors of the arrows represent the direction of motion. Relative to the LMC, located at the bottom left of the image, most ...

The old saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same" certainly applies to the known universe. Here we see ...

Take a journey to 89 million light-years away from Earth to the NGC 7727 galaxy. It harbors the closest pair of supermassive black holes discovered yet. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada ; N. Risinger (skysurvey ...

Astronomers have discovered the pair of supermassive black holes at the heart of colliding galaxies that is closest to Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Learn about the closest black hole from Earth, Gaia BH1. This recently discovered black hole is dormant, but it’s only 1,600 ...

An artists impression of a black hole flinging a hypervelocity star out of the Large Magellanic Cloud. (CfA/Melissa Weiss) A new study of super-fast-moving stars suggests that they were accelerated by ...

The colors of the arrows represent the direction of motion. Relative to the LMC, located at the bottom left of the image, most red arrows show movement towards the LMC, whereas most light blue arrows ...