Artist's impression of a supermassive black hole surrounded by gas and dust in four different wavelengths of light. Visible ...

Scientists have published a spectacular new polarised light image of the strong magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Seen in polarised light for ...

Black holes are points in space that are so dense they create deep gravity sinks. Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape ... These small vortices of darkness may have swirled to ...

Here's a simulation of what the Event Horizon Team thought the black hole would look like. And here's the real image. The light you see here is what's called the accretion disk. It's a disk of ...

Despite their darkness, they emit bright signals when gas spirals around them. Detecting hidden black holes is tough. Thick gas and dust obscure light, making these cosmic giants invisible to many ...

Black holes are objects with an intense gravitational pull so strong that not even beams of light, the fastest things ... holes are lurking out there in the darkness. We’ve even caught one ...