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

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

Discover how researchers found a bizarre black hole feeding at an exceptional rate, challenging theories on black hole growth ...

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole-powered quasar that may have helped "turn on the lights" in the early ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a tidal disruption event 300 million light years away. The donut shaped remains of a star were found around a hungry black hole. Credit: NASA's Goddard Spa ...

Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of ...

A new analysis of M87*, the first black hole imaged by humanity, has revealed turbulence in the matter around it, which this ...

In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the ...

The universe's mysterious sideways black hole has ingested a star. Astronomers using NASA’s advanced techniques have ...

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time ...