Relativistic jets are some of the universe's most powerful particle accelerators, and they're not typically found in spiral galaxies. Adding to the mystery was the size of J2345-0449's black hole, ...

Scientists have discovered "space tornadoes" swirling in the centre of our Milky Way galaxy. International researchers made ...

The smaller, intermediate mass black hole was likely derived from the Sausage Galaxy, which collided with the Milky Way 10 ...

One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar—a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic ...

Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/sub-millimeter Array — a group of dozens of radio telescopes in the Chilean desert and the ...

Scientists, using infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, have found that the Milky Way’s graceful spiral structure is primarily shaped by two arms extending from a central bar of stars.

"The singularity is the most mysterious and problematic part of a black hole. It's where our concepts of space and time ...

Scientists have spotted a defiant galaxy. Located nearly 1 billion light-years from Earth, the galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 ...

Never heard of black limes. Until about 18 months ago, nor had Veronica and Grant Trethewey. They bought their 12ha property ...

Astronomers find strange, tornado-like filaments of gas rotating around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, revealing ...