The first black hole ever photographed is still surprising researchers. Immortalized by the Event Horizon Telescope in 2019, M87* , was recently spotted emitting a massive gamma-ray flare. Studying it ...

One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar — a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic particles. Come too close to one, and you'd get sucked in by its gravitational ...

In a little over two weeks since its launch, India’s Aditya-L1 mission started collecting data to help analyze the behavior of particles that surround Earth. The spacecraft’s Supra Thermal & Energetic ...

A galaxy cluster 10 billion light-years away glows with energy: white marks galaxies, red shows a newly found radio mini-halo, and blue traces hot X-ray-emitting gas. (Chandra X-ray Center via ...

By Mara Johnson-Groh From NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The largest solar storm in two decades hit Earth in May 2024. For several days, wave after wave of high-energy charged ...

A groundbreaking discovery, recently detailed in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, has unveiled a “mini halo” surrounding one of the most distant galaxy clusters observed to date. This mini halo, ...

Astronomers have uncovered a vast cloud of energetic particles surrounding one of the most distant galaxy clusters ever observed, marking a major step forward in understanding the hidden forces that ...

"It's astonishing to find such a strong radio signal at this distance." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A vast cloud of energetic ...