For decades, scientists have studied black holes and their interactions with surrounding gas and magnetic fields to understand how they power some of the universe's most energetic phenomena.

or when two different magnetic fields collide near the black hole and release energetic particles moving near the speed of light. “A magnetic reconnection event is like a spark of static ...

WASHINGTON: A sudden outburst of jets from a black hole 8,000 light years from Earth has offered astronomers a rare opportunity to measure the surrounding magnetic field, only to find it weaker than ...

Scientists launched a rocket from Svalbard, Norway, that measured Earth’s ambipolar electric field for the first ... of detecting primordial black holes. If they exist, these ancient black ...

The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.

"We would like to understand the difference between these systems, which holds the clue to understand just how many cosmic rays are produced in the jets of microquasars." ...

They could also estimate the strength of the black hole's magnetic field: about 100 times the strength of Earth's magnetic field. This matches other estimates made about Sagittarius A*'s magnetic ...