A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its ...
One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar—a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic ...
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in ...
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in ...
Primordial black holes are ancient mysteries, born in the universe’s earliest seconds. Unlike regular black holes, they weren ...
Astronomers have discovered strong evidence of a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of ...
The black hole examined by the team is no small cosmic object. It is more than a billion times the mass of our Sun. Despite ...
The discovery was made by precisely tracking the motion of 21 stars located on the outskirts of the Milky Way. These stars ...
NASA has confirmed the presence of a supermassive black hole at the centre of the elliptical galaxy M87. Estimated to be 2.6 ...
Come too close to one, and you’d get sucked in by its gravitational pull, or burn up from the intense heat surrounding it. But ironically, studying black holes and their jets can give ...
People often think about archaeology happening deep in jungles or inside ancient pyramids. However, a team of astronomers has ...
The Universe on Stage will bring a reimagined production of their show, Hidden Giants, back to the Joburg Theatre. Learn more ...