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Scientists spot earliest-known supermassive black hole 'storm'Scientists have found the earliest known "storm" generated by a supermassive black hole, a discovery that could shed considerable light on the coevolution of galaxies and their central black holes.
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Fluffy ball of darkinos could be lurking at the center of the Milky WayThe supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy may not be a black hole at all, but rather a fluffy ball of dark matter called darkinos.
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Universe's oldest known quasar discovered 13 billion light-years awayAstronomers have found the farthest known source of radio emissions in the universe: a galaxy-swallowing supermassive black hole.
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Are primordial black holes really giant gravitinos?New research proposes that the first black holes came from clumps of gravitinos, exotic, hypothetical particles that managed to survive the first chaotic years of the Big Bang.
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Our galaxy's supermassive black hole is closer to Earth than we thoughtThe supermassive black hole hiding in the center of our galaxy is much closer to Earth, about 2,000 light-years closer, than scientists thought.
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Scientists spot the biggest known explosion in the universeA gargantuan explosion tore through the heart of a distant galaxy cluster, releasing about five times more energy than the previous record holder, a new study reports.
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Gargantuan Black Hole Shreds Star in Rare Cosmic 'Crime Scene'Scientists have spotted what may be the best example yet of a star being ripped to shreds by a massive black hole. Here's what they found.
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This Ridiculously Speedy Star Might Be Running Away from a Rare, Unproven Type of Black HoleI'd be running, too.
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Einstein's Theory of Relativity Holds Up Around a Supermassive Black HoleAstronomers have shown that Einstein's ideas about the warping of space and time holds true as the best description yet of how gravity works.
