In 2018 astronomers at MIT and elsewhere observed previously unseen behavior from a black hole known as 1ES 1927+654, which ...

A study published in Physical Review Letters outlines a new approach for extracting information from binary systems by ...

Something unexpected has come to life in the great darkness of space. In a galaxy 300 million light-years away from Earth, a ...

The dream of finding life on an alien Earth-like world is hampered by a number of technical challenges. Not the least of ...

Richardson, who earned his bachelor’s degree in Space Physics from Embry‑Riddle in 2021, started the research as an undergraduate student under the guidance of Michele Zanolin, a professor in the ...

The quasi-periodic eruptions of X-rays from a black hole 300 million light-years away are unlike any researchers have ever ...

Despite decades of searching for this signal, astronomers have yet to find it. The problem is that our Earth is too noisy, ...

Black holes are known for their powerful gravity, which can pull in nearby gas, dust, and even stars. When this material gets ...

A previously dormant supermassive black hole in the galaxy SDSS1335+0728, located roughly 300 million light-years from Earth, ...

Researchers have spent the past few years watching a black hole re-awaken roughly 300 million light-years away from Earth.