The galactic center may hide an unsuspected population of stellar black holes, far denser than expected. A recent study ...

Scientists have discovered a star-smothering black hole energy jet tearing through a galaxy similar to the Milky Way.

Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way received a powerful kick from the Large Magellanic Cloud — and a central black hole might ...

Red specks in the early universe are puzzling astronomers, but a proposed explanation suggests they are the progenitors of ...

This suggests that O-type stars experience black hole grinding. There are plenty of the smaller B-type stars in the region, ...

Astronomers refer to these as "hypervelocity" stars. "It is astounding to realize that we have another supermassive black hole just down the block, cosmically speaking," said Jesse Han of the ...

This dwarf galaxy, a satellite of our galaxy, may have its own supermassive black hole. Evidence for this hidden cosmic titan was delivered via hypervelocity stars at the edge of the Milky Way ...

Researchers traced the trajectories of super speedy stars all the way back to their sources—and they discovered strong evidence of a previously unknown supermassive black hole just outside our ...