In the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster, astronomers spotted the largest explosion in the universe consisting of energy equal to a ...

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

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.

There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of supermassive black holes reveals that their spin rates reveal something about ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

From unifying quantum physics and gravity to working out what is dark matter, the universe has some deep questions that ...

"This is how you solve the universe-breaking problem." ...

"This is the first solid evidence that helical magnetic fields can explain astrophysical jets at different scales." ...

Supermassive black holes are theorized to get so big through a chain of mergers involving smaller black holes and by feasting on copious amounts of gas and dust. The problem is that this process is ...

Related: James Webb telescope captures 1st 'mid-infrared' flare from Milky Way's supermassive black hole The story begins with little red dots Since JWST started beaming data back to Earth in the ...

The universe could be packed with many more monstrous black holes ravenously feeding on their surrounding material than previously suspected. That's the conclusion of a team of scientists ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on ... The universe could be home to far more supermassive black holes than we realised, according to new research.