A spectacular new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals intricate structures inside the Helix Nebula, where a ...

A recent collaboration between NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory has resulted in the discovery of a rare intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) located in the distant NGC 6099 ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory joined forces to find an elusive intermediate mass black holes in galaxy NGC 6099. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Paul Morris: ...

As gas falls toward a black hole, it heats up and shines. If the glow becomes intense enough, it can push incoming gas away. Astronomers call this balancing point the Eddington limit, and for decades ...

In the world of black holes, there are generally three size categories: stellar-mass black holes (about five to 50 times the mass of the sun), supermassive black holes (millions to billions of times ...

Observations with the Event Horizon Telescope enable researchers to localize the likely base of the central outflow in a ...

The venerable Hubble observatory is going strong despite its decades in space and the advent of next-generation successors ...

The new Dobsonian telescope and free astronomy courses will help residents chart galaxies and their own cosmic curiosity ...