Situated in the centre of the galaxy SDSS1335+0728, in the constellation Virgo, this supermassive black hole is over 300 ...

A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at ...

Astronomers are investigating the longest and most energetic bursts of X-rays seen from a newly awakened black hole. Watching this strange behavior unfold in real time offers a unique opportunity to ...

The best time to view the full moon this month will be around dusk on Saturday, April 12. If you miss it on Saturday, the ...

The Pink Moon will rise at 7.39 pm in the UK, according to the tracking website Time and Date, before reaching its full moon ...

The Hubble Space Telescope captured an image of a star and a spiral galaxy, both in the constellation Virgo. But the photo is an optical illusion.

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Scientists have observed a previously inactive supermassive black hole producing regular, powerful X-ray eruptions that ...

Looking southeast after sunset, budding astronomers will be able to see the first full moon of Spring as it meets Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo. Excitingly, this celestial ...

Sunset that day is at 7:32 p.m. The moon will be in the constellation Virgo but from New York it will appear to make a close pass to Spica; the moon will be at its closest approach while Spica is ...

Although we know that supermassive black holes (millions of times the mass of our sun) lurk at the center of most galaxies, ...

A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at ...