In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic center.

In 2020, astronomers identified a nearby star system that appeared to contain something phenomenal: the closest black hole to Earth! Now, new research from some of those same astronomers suggests that ...

Mysterious little red dots threatened to overhaul modern cosmology—but new research may have solved the celestial conundrum.

In some galaxies, large amounts of interstellar gas are spiralling around the super massive black hole and getting pulled in ...

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

A search for particles’ most paradoxical quantum states led researchers to construct a 37-dimensional experiment ...

A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume ...

Astrophysical jets from black holes play a key role in cosmic evolution, impacting star formation and revealing insights ...

It's a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific stories each month. In the past, ...

Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals that black holes can cool gas to the proper temperature for a cosmic feast ...

If any student at ETSU is a fan of physics and astronomy, they are in luck. Saturday, Feb. 1, at 8 p.m., the Harry D.