"The biggest surprise of all was that the black hole was not located inside either of the two nuclei but in the middle. We ...

Very massive stars (VMSs) have had a massive impact on the formation of our universe. However, there aren't very many of them ...

A hidden monster black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud fired runaway stars at the Milky Way at millions of miles per hour.

Explore 8 stunning deep space pictures captured by NASA, showing galaxies, nebulas, black holes, and cosmic wonders that ...

"The Large Magellanic Cloud is one of the best-studied galaxies, yet this supermassive black hole's existence was only inferred indirectly by tracing the origins of fast-moving stars. We have more ...

Astronomers have identified a supermassive black hole, approximately 600,000 times the mass of our Sun, concealed within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)—a satellite galaxy orbiting the Milky Way.

The Large Magellanic Cloud is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way some 160,000 light-years away. New research points to it containing a supermassive black hole at its center. Credit: Marco Lorenzi ...

Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the star, WOH G64, is 1,500 times wider than the sun and on the brink of exploding in a violent supernova.