Another interesting about the black hole surrounded by rings is that the rings glow in X-ray images. Because of that glow, NASA scientists refer to these systems as “X-ray binaries.” ...

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, which has yielded the first close-up views of Pluto, was poised to ring in the new year by flying past the ancient icy object “Ultima Thule” some billions of ...

NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover discovered a strange black-and-white rock unlike anything seen on Mars before, stunning both scientists and the internet. The agency says this could be “a sign ...

In these simulation images, the white-hot accretion disk looks basically how you’d expect when seen face-on — similar to Earth’s viewing angle of M87’s black hole in that historic first ...

NASA said simulating the experience of falling into a supermassive black hole required 10 terabytes of data, which it says is equivalent to “half of the estimated text content in the Library of ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spots quasar called RX J1131-1231, which looks like a diamond ring in new image. Chron Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo Skip to main content ...

NASA's image is simplified, showing only four of the eight rings. Scientists analyzed 50 observations made using Swift in 2015 conducted between June 30 and August 25. Chandra observed the system ...

The galaxy stretches some 75,000 light-years across, and at its center resides a supermassive black hole that is surrounded by a ring of stars, gas, and dust that spans 3,7000 light years.

NASA explains on its website that the above image showcases rings around a black hole located in the binary system called V404 Cygni, that's located approximately 7,800 light-years from Earth.

A new NASA animation shows what you'd see if you were hanging out near a black hole. The black hole's strong gravity would distort your view: From the side, the outer ring, known as the accretion ...

NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope peers at a jet blasting forth from the central supermassive black hole of Centaurus A, a galaxy 12 million light-years from Earth. Credit: D. Bogensberger et al.

NASA's visualization has us seeing the disk edge-on, so the light at the top of the image is actually from behind the black hole.Viewing the cosmic beast at this angle, we also see matter is much ...