Astronomers have uncovered a treasure trove of feeding black holes at the heart of dwarf galaxies — small, faint galaxies containing thousands to several billions of stars but very little gas.

Black holes have such extreme gravity that not even light can escape. They have been caught shredding entire stars and can ...

X-ray astronomy is a somewhat neglected corner of the more general field of astronomy. The biggest names in telescopes, like ...

WATCH: Here’s the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our ...

used the telescope's near-infrared camera to gain insight into the discovery. During an observation period of 48 hours, the team studied the gigantic black hole and the flaring activities ...

The Dutch Black Hole Consortium has introduced a new citizen science app called Black Hole Finder. This mobile application invites the public to assist in identifying potential black holes by ...

Black holes are regions in space where an enormous amount of mass is packed into a tiny volume. This creates a gravitational pull so strong that not even light can escape. They are created when giant ...