Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Northwestern astrophysicists gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

An astrophysicist from Vanderbilt University has calculated exactly what would happen if you were hit by a primordial black ...

The tidal forces produced by a tiny black hole would have an interesting affect on human bodies.

Galaxies, planets, black holes: to most people, everything about our Universe sounds and feels enormous. But while it's true ...

A new study delves into the mind-bending question: what if a tiny primordial black hole passed through a human body?

Black holes have been fascinating subjects of study, not just because they are cosmic vacuum cleaners, but also as engines of ...

NASA's flagship space telescope captured flares from the disk of superheated material around the black hole, revealing the dynamic—and explosive—physics at our galaxy's core.

Astrophysicists have observed our central supermassive black hole. They found the accretion disk is constantly emitting flares without periods of rest. Shorter, faint flares and longer, bright flares ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists discovered that the Milky Way 's central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), is constantly streaming out flares without respite.

Sagittarius A*, our galaxy's supermassive black hole, is constantly producing strange eruptions. Astronomers are using the ...

Using a novel surface-sensitive spectroscopy method, scientists explored atomic vibrations in crystalline material surfaces near interfaces. The findings illuminate quantum behaviors that play ...