A new theoretical proposal argues that the massive object sitting at the center of our galaxy may not be a black hole at all, but rather a dense clump of fermionic dark matter with no event horizon.

Observations of a distant quasar reveal that supermassive black holes may suppress star formation across intergalactic distances.

An unusual tidal disruption event spotted by astronomers may be the result of an elusive intermediate mass black hole ripping apart a star.

The earliest black holes in the universe may not have disappeared from Hawking radiation after all, new research hints. Instead, they fed on the energy of the ancient cosmos to grow supermassive.

Runaway black holes have moved from theoretical oddity to observed reality, and the picture they paint is as unsettling as it is awe inspiring. Instead of sitting quietly at galactic centers, some of ...

Supermassive black hole binaries form naturally when galaxies merge, but scientists have only confidently observed a very few of these systems that are widely separated. Black hole binaries that ...

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies ...