Black holes may appear to be shaped like a doughnut, but the truth is more complicated than that, explain our readers ...

The black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy is 1000 times more massive than Sagittarius A*. Watch views of both captured ...

Astronomers have obtained the sharpest-ever X-ray spectrum of an iconic active galaxy, providing the most accurate, precise ...

Black holes are among the most fascinating and enigmatic objects in the universe. Born from collapsed stars and governed by ...

The first black hole images stunned the world in 2019, with headlines announcing evidence of a glowing doughnut-shaped object from the center of galaxy Messier 87 (M87 —55 million light years from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration created a ...

New XRISM X-ray observations reveal details of gas near a supermassive black hole in galaxy MCG–6-30-15, helping scientists better measure black hole spin and behavior ...

The data from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration shows that while the bright, ring-shaped shadow of the black hole remained steady, the magnetic fields threading the surrounding plasma ...

The Event Horizon Telescope, a network of radio antennae around the globe, has captured the first image of a black hole event horizon. This black hole is located in Messier 87, or M87, which is about ...

Some things in cosmology may simply be unknowable. Why is there something rather than nothing? What lies outside the universe? What is inside a black hole? That last one has been niggling at ...

Just 3,000 light-years from Earth is a black hole visible to the naked eye. Thankfully, we are a safe distance from this ...