Astronomers at the University of Warwick have discovered that black holes don't just consume matter—they manage it, choosing ...

A smaller white dwarf star (left) pulls material from a larger star into a swirling accretion disk in this artist's concept ...

An illustration of a black hole with an accretion disk, accompanied by diagrams showcasing the team's research. Astronomers have observed the outer edge of a disk of matter surrounding a feeding ...

Astronomers have admitted that the images they captured are one-of-a-kind due to the details they reveal.

An artist's interpretation of a black hole's accretion disk An artist's interpretation of a black hole's accretion disk For the first time ever, scientists have measured the exact size of the disk of ...

NASA’s IXPE has just revealed the hidden geometry of a white dwarf’s cosmic feeding frenzy—using X-rays to see what no ...

Black holes exert a tremendous influence on their surroundings, meaning that when they spin, they literally drag the very fabric of space and time around with them. That means nothing can sit still ...

A close encounter more than 10,000 years ago stirred up spirals in the accretion disk surrounding the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Dr. LU Xing, an associate researcher from the Shanghai ...

In April, scientists stunned the world when they unveiled the first-ever picture of a supermassive black hole. Months later, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is helping fill in ...

A model of ultraviolet and optical emission from the tidal disruption event AT 2018hyz is shown in this schematic diagram. As an accretion disk forms quickly after the TDE, it generates x-ray emission ...

Researchers accidentally stumbled on a way to measure the size of the accretion disks of dust, gas and plasma that surround black holes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...