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

Astronomers have long been fascinated by the enigmatic behavior of black holes and their role in the cosmos. These colossal ...

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

Artist's impression of a supermassive black hole surrounded by gas and dust in four different wavelengths of light. Visible ...

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal monster black holes in the early universe that seem to have grown too ...

Scientists have discovered that some supermassive black holes rotate much more rapidly than expected. The discovery came as ...

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

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

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and outbursts. The central regions of galaxy clusters host the universe’s ...

Credit: Wolfgang Steffen, UNAM At first glimpse, it may seem like infant stars and supermassive black holes have very little in common. The team behind this research reached that conclusion when ...