05 January 2017
Astronomers pinpoint location of mysterious fast radio bursts
... or an active nucleus in the host galaxy. In this situation jets of material emitted from the region surrounding a supermassive black hole would produce these energetic radio bursts. This latter scenario is perhaps closer to the truth, as in addition...
13 July 2018
Neutrino discovery helps resolve a century-old riddle
... pouring out from a blazer; a powerful, energetic jet at the heart of an active galactic nucleus surrounding a supermassive black hole. Blazers are particularly bright by astronomical standards because the jet is directed towards (or nearly towards...
16 July 2018
Science begins with South Africa's super radio telescope
... operations and one of its first public images (above) is of a spectacular panorama of the region surrounding the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Milky Way Galaxy. The image reveals extraordinary details with a wealth of never before...
08 March 2019
Astronomers weigh the galaxy with Hubble and Gaia
... the mass of the Sun. What scientists do know about its contents is that there is a 4-million-solar-mass supermassive black hole anchored at the centre of the galaxy. But what about the rest? The large discrepancies between the...
11 September 2019
First detection of atmospheric water vapour on 'super-Earth' in habitable zone
..., the Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionised humanity’s understanding of the cosmos, from helping to confirm the existence of supermassive black holes to determining the age of the Universe and now it has had a hand in helping astronomers with the...
20 March 2020
Missing particle a major blow for "Theory of Everything"
... the University of Cambridge in the UK, looked for signs of conversion by axion-like particles in material falling towards the supermassive black hole in the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster. "While it may sound like a long shot to look for tiny...
