Black holes can actively regulate the material they consume, using powerful jets of gas blasted into space, according to a ...

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

"Interestingly, the quasar powering this massive radio jet does not have an extreme black hole mass compared to other quasars ...

The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

The Enigmatic Giants of the Universe Black holes, those mysterious entities lurking in the vastness of space, have always captivated the imagination of astronomers and poets alike. Their very ...

The Milky Way can be seen as something of a bully, having devoured many smaller galaxies to achieve its vast mass, and ...

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...

Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.

Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...

It's no secret that black holes are some of the weirdest objects in space. Their disks are fluffy like cake, and diving into ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...