Life on Earth didn't just need the right place, it needed the right time in cosmic history. This video reveals how our existence depended on a precise sequence of galactic events, from generations of ...

Students in a joint UT Austin and UTSA astronomy course say they have zeroed in on an unexpectedly massive black hole parked ...

Scientists may have "heard" the first tantalizing evidence of primordial black holes formed directly from overly dense ...

Astronomers have long believed that the region around the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*, is one of the most ...

For years, the center of our galaxy has been painted as a place where stars go to meet their end — a region ruled by Sagittarius A*, a black hole so massive that its gravity can stretch, tear, and ...

James Webb Space Telescope observes mid-infrared flare from Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*, revealing flare evolution, synchrotron cooling, and magnetic field measurements.

An international research team led by PD Dr. Florian Peissker at the University of Cologne has used the new observation ...

"In order to get such high sensitivity in the mid-infrared, one needs to go to space, as the atmosphere severely messes up ...

On Black Hole Friday, we spotlight the work of astrophysicist Chung-Pei Ma, whose research is transforming our understanding ...

A radical new theory suggests invisible black holes from the dawn of time may be quietly passing through Earth—and even your ...

Stars powered by dark matter instead of nuclear fusion could solve several mysteries of the early universe, and we may have ...

The discovery of strange, ultra-red objects—especially the extreme case known as The Cliff—has pushed astronomers to propose ...