Deep in the core of most galaxies, hidden by spinning clouds of gas and dust, black holes spin like cosmic engines. These ...

Event Horizon Telescope data reveal the magnetic field around M87* shifted, weakened and then flipped, defying theoretical expectations.

Astronomers studying the supermassive black hole M87*, a behemoth six and a half billion times the mass of the Sun, have uncovered a new way these cosmic monsters unleash their power.

Astronomers at Goethe University Frankfurt have made a breakthrough discovery regarding the supermassive black hole M87*. Their findings, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, challenge ...

Like a shaggy dog in springtime, some black holes have to shed. New computer simulations reveal how black holes might discard their magnetic fields. Unlike dogs with their varied fur coats, isolated ...

The magnetic fields are more than a thousand times stronger than the magnetic field used in MRI machines. At the 2025 ...

"This tells us that the magnetized plasma swirling near the event horizon is far from static; it's dynamic and complex, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers on Wednesday announced that they have detected a strong and organized magnetic field twisted in a spiral pattern around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, ...

Led by Bucknell University Professor Jack Gallimore, physics & astronomy, an international team of astronomers and students, including Bucknell physics student Virginia Hostetter '25, set out on a new ...

The elliptical galaxy M87 sits 55 million light-years away, at the heart of the nearby Virgo Cluster. Deep inside this galaxy lurks a supermassive black hole that weighs 6.5 billion times the mass of ...

This new photo shows the black hole through polarized light. Magnetic fields are a key element to understanding feeding habits of black holes. The black hole is located some 55 million light-years ...