Earlier this month, a team of US National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole, called ...

The Chandra X-ray Telescope is investigating the habitability of exoplanets. NASA explains. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart ...

The theory goes that black holes accrete material, often from nearby stars. However the theory also suggests there is a limit to how big a black hole can grow due to accretion and certainly shouldn’t ...

A recently shared image of a distant galaxy surrounded by three concentric rings challenges our understanding of galactic ...

Sixteenth century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe laid the framework for modern cosmology without ever using a telescope.

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

The Chandra X-ray Observatory was launched on July 23, 1999 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. See 25 'never-before-seen' images ...

There are monstrous objects at the heart of every large galaxy — black holes that are millions or even billions of times more ...

A team of U.S. astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate—40x the ...

A recent cosmic discovery reveals a black hole tearing apart one star and hurling its remains at another. This event links ...

An ancient black hole near the galactic center is consuming matter at over 40 times the theoretical limit, raising questions ...

New research from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory uncovers fast-moving knots in black hole jets, highlighting differences in ...