Astronomers have discovered a bizarre star system about 300 light-years from Earth where a small star is slowly devouring a nearby brown dwarf, an object too massive to be a planet but too small to be ...

At the heart of most large galaxies sits a supermassive black hole. They’re the most massive objects in the universe, ...

Could black holes have planets? New research says yes, they could. New simulations suggest massive planets could form in the ...

Black-Hole Jets Reach Beyond Galaxies A study of 324 galaxies has found evidence that powerful jets launched by supermassive ...

Astronomers have observed a stellar vampire feeding on a 'failed star' brown dwarf companion for the first time, and this ...

A study of 324 galaxies finds black-hole jets energise surrounding gas, making conditions unsuitable for star formation.

New research documents rare cases of stellar accretion where white dwarfs host second-generation planets and red dwarfs ...

British astronomers are inviting volunteers to help search for black holes in the Milky Way using data from the TESS ...

Astronomers analyzed a number of barless galaxies and concluded that supermassive black holes are growing imperceptibly ...

A massive star does not always go out in a brilliant supernova. Some instead collapse into black holes, potentially with little or no visible explosion. What determines which path a dying star takes ...

Astronomers analyzed 2,435 galaxies hosting actively feeding black holes using data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic ...

Astronomers have started a citizen science project called Black Hole hunters as part of the Zooniverse citizen science ...