But in the past two decades, new types of black holes have been seen and astronomers are beginning to understand how they ...

A NASA spacecraft designed to peer at faraway black holes has snapped a stunning photo of the sun, showing that its sensitive X-ray eyes can investigate mysteries in Earth's own backyard.

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

That black hole is about 4.3 million times the mass of our sun, and it can effectively bend the space around it. Overall, NASA said the project took roughly five days to complete while only using ...

This particular black hole is around 375 million lightyears away in the elegantly named galaxy of 2MASX J07001137-6602251. NASA estimates it weighs six million times the mass of our own sun, which ...

NASA announced last week that a potential "missing link" between the universe's first supermassive black holes and young, star-forming galaxies was hiding in plain sight — and it helps explain ...

NASA finds supermassive black hole called ‘Space Jaws:’ Why it deserves sci-fi horror name A sneaky black hole was the source of a tidal disruption event that was so large and so bright that ...

NASA’s Earth-orbiting NuSTAR telescope is usually used to peer at X-rays from high-energy events out in the universe like black holes and supernovae. But recently, the agency decided instead to ...

The $170 million instrument - a small “Explorer class” mission - will study high-energy X-rays from black holes, supernova explosions, and even our very own sun. Accessibility statement Skip ...

Black holes come in a range of sizes, but there are three main types of black holes, NASA reported. The mass and size determine what kind of black hole it is. Black holes "follow the laws of ...

A NASA spacecraft designed to peer at faraway black holes has snapped a stunning photo of the sun, showing that its sensitive X-ray eyes can investigate mysteries in Earth's own backyard.