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

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

Scientists have discovered an enormous radio galaxy 32 times the size of the Milky Way. They nicknamed it "Inkathazo," or ...

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

If a star orbits a black hole, it will appear from a distance to be orbiting empty space. Gaia projects the star’s orbit on a ...

"Little red dot" galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early cosmos appear to be ruled by supermassive ...

For the first time, researchers have found evidence that even microquasars with low-mass stars can efficiently accelerate ...

Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.

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

Astronomers are very familiar with the twin jets launched from the poles of supermassive black holes. These structures can ...

Researchers have discovered the largest black hole plasma jets ever in a galaxy almost 7 billion light years away from Earth.

Astronomers discover evidence of massive black holes feeding themselves, revealing a complex cosmic cycle of gas cooling and ...