In the more than 60 years in which scientists have engaged in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), several ...

Researchers from the University of Arizona and Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany have now created the sharpest ...

During growth phases, SMBH are observed as active galactic nuclei (AGN); the SMBH grows by accreting interstellar gas ... of both scattering and emitting material to be investigated in the unresolved ...

"Little red dot" galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early cosmos appear to be ruled by supermassive black holes that are 1,000 times too massive.

The black hole in the core of NGC 4945 At the center of NGC 4945, it is found the active galactic nucleus (AGN) associated to a black hole of an equivalent mass of 1.6 million suns. An AGN is fused ...

Messier 87 (M87), also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo constellation. It is one ...

Typically, summer internships are about gaining work experience and networking. But for Midshipman Olivia Rae Achenbach, her ...

For many years, scientists had classified 1ES 1927+654 as an “active galactic nucleus,” or AGN, meaning it has an active black hole at its center. This particular black hole was adding ...

A quasar is a type of active galactic nucleus—a galaxy hosting a supermassive black hole that is actively consuming material. The black hole's accretion disk reaches extraordinary temperatures ...