Latest about supermassive black hole
Black Hole Spits Out High-Energy Jets at Near Light-Speed
Black holes gobble up most matter around them, but some of it escapes, spewing nearly-light-speed jets of material.
These Two Cosmic 'Chimneys' Could Be Fueling the Galaxy-Sized Bubbles Looming Over the Milky Way
Scientists made an X-ray map of the center of the galaxy — and they found two chimneys of plasma.
A Pair of Gargantuan Space Bubbles Might Be Spitting Cosmic Rays at Earth
Everybody loves blowing bubbles — even galaxies!
A Dying Star Sent Out an SOS Pointing to Its Killer: A Buzz-Saw Black Hole
The crumbs left over from a supermassive black hole's recent meal have allowed scientists to calculate the monster's rotation rate, and the results are mind-boggling.
1 Million Habitable Planets Could (Theoretically) Orbit a Black Hole. Here's How
A black hole could have 1 million planets orbiting near it that are potentially capable of supporting life as we know it, an astrophysicist suggests.
The Universe's Fastest-Growing Black Hole Eats Suns Like Ours for Breakfast
The fastest growing black hole in the known universe eats a mass the size of the sun every two days.
Wild 360-Degree Video Lets You See the Milky Way As a Giant Black Hole Would
A new 360-degree simulation that uses data from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory is helping astronomers better understand more than 22 stellar giants found at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
