Supermassive black holes are often regarded as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful ...

Related: The 1st photo of the Milky Way's monster black hole explained in images What do black holes ... Another study that year showed that a cool gas halo surrounds Sagittarius A*, which gives ...

A team of astrophysicists have found flares of light in Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...

Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process. Anyone who has experienced the blistering pain associated with biting ...

Black holes are points in space that are so dense they create deep gravity sinks. Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that ...

Both images were produced using Chandra ... The team's findings may have significance beyond black hole feeding mechanisms, too. That's because cool filaments of gas are thought to supply the ...

The data in the images tell a story about how giant black holes consume gas. By unleashing powerful jets, or outbursts, the black holes kickstart a process to cool hot gas and form warm filaments ...