"We want to understand how these galaxies are forming stars, how many stars they’re forming, and especially how the black ...

Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...

Astronomers have detected a lone black hole drifting through the Milky Way—an unprecedented discovery made possible by ...

ESA's Gaia mission, the Very Large Telescope and other ground-based telescopes have discovered stellar black hole Gaia BH3.

A team of scientists has confirmed the existence of a solitary black hole drifting through the Milky Way, unaccompanied by ...

Prior to the current finding, all black holes that scientists have ever identified have been spotted with a companion star.

The smaller, intermediate mass black hole was likely derived from the Sausage Galaxy, which collided with the Milky Way 10 billion years ago.

A team of US astronomers led by Kailash Sahu said they have finally discovered the first isolated stellar-mass black hole ...

While solitary black holes should be common, they are hard to find. The one in Sagittarius revealed itself when it passed in front of a dim background star, magnifying the star’s light and slowly ...

Scientists have been left baffled after spotting a lone black hole drifting through the Milky Way, without any orbiting stars. Although this black hole is seven times more massive than our sun ...

This was a sign that the galaxy's sleeping black hole was waking from its slumber, according to the study published in the ...