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Data from an African observatory show that jets from a collapsed star are capable of producing some of the Galaxy’s fastest particles. Data from an African observatory show that jets from a collapsed star are capable of producing some of the Galaxy’s fastest particles.

"A familiar shadow looms in a fresh image of the heart of the nearby galaxy M87," reports Science magazine. "It confirms that the galaxy harbors a gravitational sinkhole so powerful that light cannot escape, one generated by a black hole 6.5 billion times the mass of the Sun." But compared with ...

Many academics feel burdened by overwork, but change is afoot as scientists strive to shift the culture of higher education.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a synergy grant, named BlackHolistic, of 14 million euro to a team of Dutch, British, Finnish and Namibian astronomers to make...

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a synergy grant, named BlackHolistic, of 14 million euro to a team of Dutch, British, Finnish and Namibian astronomers to make...

This year’s picture of the swirling plasma around the massive object's edges will help to reveal more about the galaxy’s history and evolution

Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. The result provides overwhelming evidence that the object is indeed a black hole and yields valuable clues about the workings of such giants, which are thought to reside at the cent

We sat down with the experts who captured the first images of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the Milky Way's black hole. Here's what we learned.

We tell you how the first image of the black hole in our galaxy was obtained and what impact it has.

Astronomers from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration have produced the first ever image of the black hole (Sgr A*) that lies at the centre of the Milky Way.