An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

By revealing a massive radio jet in the early universe, J1601+3102 offers a rare snapshot of early quasar activity.

Scientists have created the first-ever 3D maps of star-forming molecular clouds near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

These jets become elusive the farther back in time astronomers try to look because of the so-called cosmic microwave ...

Rapid X-ray oscillations detected near the innermost orbit of a supermassive black hole could indicate the presence of a nearby orbiter such as a white dwarf ...

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

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

A closed-loop system aims to empower, not replace, professors in subjects including literature and physics. And it appears to be improving student outcomes too.

A new form of black hole archeology, linking spin to gas and dust, has revealed that these cosmic titans spin faster than ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a "200,000 light-year-long trail of newborn stars" that may have been left behind by a ...