Expect the unexpected In this artist’s rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927+654’s supermassive black hole. (Courtesy: ...

In this artist’s rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927’s supermassive black hole. view more .

Scientists observing the compact radio core of M87 have discovered new details about the galaxy’s supermassive black hole. In this artist’s conception, the black hole’s massive jet of matter ...

Scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole that appears to be "waking up" after being inactive for decades. The black hole at the heart of SDSS1335+0728—a distant galaxy 300 million ...

In this artist’s rendering, a stream of matter trails a white dwarf orbiting within the innermost accretion disk surrounding 1ES 1927’s supermassive black hole (Aurore Simonnet/Sonoma State ...

Astronomers found a black hole acting unusually in 2018. ... But supermassive black holes are much larger, ... An artist's rendering of a white dwarf star speeding around the black hole 1ES 1927 ...

Artist’s conception of a supermassive black hole, billions of times more massive than the sun, like those found at the centers of galaxies. The black hole’s rapid spin and powerful magnetic ...

An artist’s illustration of an accreting supermassive black hole. The central black hole is black, while its surrounding gas ...

One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

An artist's concept of the supermassive black hole's mid-infrared flare. Image: CfA/Mel Weiss Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the ...

This is an artist's concept looking down into the core of the giant elliptical galaxy M87. A supermassive black hole ejects a 3,000-light-year-long jet of plasma, traveling at nearly the speed of ...

An artist’s impression of a moderately warm star – not at all what a black hole with a hot accretion disc would be like. Merikanto/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA ...