Astronomers analyzing M87*, the first black hole ever imaged, have discovered that its shadow changes from year to year. The ...

The historic first image of the Messier 87 (M87) supermassive black hole, captured using the Event Horizon Telescope, has ...

Seven planets will line up for a rare "planetary parade" today (Feb. 28) and you can watch it live online, beginning at 12:00 p.m. ET (1700 GMT).

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Prepare for an unforgettable 'parade of planets' as 7 planets will align in a rare celestial event on Feb. 28, for the last ...

The supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy is in continuous turmoil, observations made using the James Webb ...

A new study using NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a variety of light coming from the black hole Sagittarius A* — or rather its accretion disk, the ring of rapidly spinning material ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is providing the best look yet at the chaotic events unfolding around the supermassive ...

In fact, scientists didn't really expect that stars would even be able to still form at all in the dwarf galaxy known as Leo P, an image of which the James Webb Telescope recently captured in ...

Revolutionary technique allows astronomers to capture incredibly high-resolution images of distant galaxies and supermassive black holes.

Right: Same simulation snapshots, blurred to match the EHT’s observational resolution. Credit: EHT collaboration Researchers using the Event Horizon Telescope have significantly advanced our ...

This month, stargazers will be able to see seven planets in the evening sky, in a celestial event ... or a small telescope. Late in the month, Mercury will be visible near the horizon.