supermassive black holes
Andromeda’s Unstable Black Hole
[/caption] The Andromeda galaxy, the closest spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way, has a supermassive blackhole at the center…
Black Hole in M87 Wanders using Jetpack
[/caption] The elliptical galaxy M87 is known for a jet of radiation that is streaming from the supermassive black hole…
Andromeda’s Double Nucleus – Explained at Last?
In 1993, the Hubble Space Telescope snapped a close-up of the nucleus of the Andromeda galaxy, M31, and found that…
World-wide Campaign Sheds New Light on Nature’s “LHC”
[/caption] In a manner somewhat like the formation of an alliance to defeat Darth Vader's Death Star, more than a…
What is Sagittarius A*?
At the very heart of the Milky Way is a region known as Sagittarius A*. This region is known the…
Magnetic Fields Shape the Jets Pouring Out of Supermassive Black Holes (with video)
The cores of galaxies contain supermassive black holes, containing hundreds of millions of times the mass of Sun. As matter…
Why are there Black Holes in the Middle of Galaxies?
Question: Why are Black Holes in the Middle of Galaxies? Answer: The black holes you're thinking of are known as…