Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Space Telescope, scientists have discovered a new cosmic "vent" spewing hot gas from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole that sits at the very…
How do you satiate the hunger of a supermassive black hole? Light-year-long rivers of cosmic dust, astronomers say.Scientists have found evidence of remarkably long dust streams spiraling into the supermassive…
Supermassive black holes are capable of violently devouring entire stars and warping the very fabric of space-time with their almost incomprehensible mass and gravitational influence. Their awesome power and mysterious…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed light from stars surrounding some of the earliest supermassive black holes in the universe -- black holes observed as they were less…