Einstein predicted the existence of gravitationally-warped rings of light in 1915. Now, a new one has been discovered just a cosmic stone's throw from our own planet.

Researchers using the Event Horizon Telescope have significantly advanced our understanding of the supermassive black hole at ...

New details have been discovered about M87*, the first black hole ever photographed, revealing its plasma, its brightness and ...

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Supermassive black holes are often regarded as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence than first meets the eye. Researchers studied data from the ...

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Space experts have uncovered a massive swarm of new supermassive black holes that could blow theories about galaxies wide open. A team of scientists using data from two NASA telescopes revealed ...

Centaurus Cluster: The gas has a softer, diffused look, with filaments showing delicate, feathery textures. Both clusters display central black holes surrounded by glowing filaments of gas ...

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered ...

Rachel Reeves could be poised to use a £5.2billion Bitcoin windfall to help address Labour's much-lamented "black hole" in the public finances. The cryptocurrency was seized from organised criminals ...

The latest analysis shows that the brightest part of the ring surrounding M87* has shifted, likely due to turbulence in the rotating gas, known as the accretion disk. Scientists have also confirmed ...