A new form of black hole archeology, linking spin to gas and dust, has revealed that these cosmic titans spin faster than ...

The newly discovered "blazar," which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the oldest of its kind ever seen and changes what we know about the early universe.

New research shows black holes can trigger gas cooling, creating fuel for their own feeding. This process keeps them growing ...

Twin jets erupt from a supermassive black hole in Draco, offering new insights into black hole activity and evolution.

In a groundbreaking follow-up to their 2019 reveal of the first black hole image, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team has ...

This suggests that NGC 5084 is host to a supermassive black hole tipped on its side, and scientists think it could be evidence of a galactic collision in NGC 5084’s recent past.

The black hole, with an official name of 1ES 1927+654, is located in the distant constellation Draco. Astronomers have been monitoring the black hole for years, primarily since 2018 when the mass ...

According to NASA, "there are hundreds of them"—massive black holes roaming space. It is now emerging and reshaping the ...

This study will now help astrophysicists further refine computer models which simulate the formation of black holes, helping to shape how future gravitational wave detections are interpreted.

Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals that black holes can cool gas to the proper temperature for a cosmic feast ...

A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume ...

By studying the fastest jet ever seen erupting from an infant star, astronomers have discovered that the mechanism that ...