"Is it a sphere above and below the black hole, or an atmosphere generated by the accretion disk, or perhaps plasma located ...

Black holes, with their event horizons trapping anything that enters, and accretion disks glowing from accumulated matter, ...

Astronomers have observed a spectacular cosmic event where a massive black hole is disrupting two celestial objects, one of ...

The gas and dust accumulate in a flat disk around the star, known as an accretion disk, as a result of strong gravitational forces. The spinning disk transports the matter onto the star ...

The new evidence helps astronomers conclusively link two mysteries where there had previously only been hints of a connection ...

This event was dubbed HH 1177. "We discovered a jet being launched from this young massive star, and its presence is a signpost for ongoing disc accretion," McLeod added. To validate the existence ...

Astronomers using NASA's observatories and India's AstroSat have witnessed a massive black hole disrupting two celestial ...

Rucinski, S. M. Zwintz, K. Hareter, M. Pojmański, G. Kuschnig, R. Matthews, J. M. Guenther, D. B. Moffat, A. F. J. Sasselov, D. and Weiss, W. W. 2010. Photometric ...

The latest X-ray observatory found a warped black hole disk and a supernova spewing iron — and it’s just getting started ...

New findings using data from NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) mission offer unprecedented insight into the ...