Space is already filled with plenty of mysteries, and black holes may be among the strangest. Here are some of the questions ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Astronomers have detected the largest black hole-launched jet ever seen in the early universe.

"Interestingly, the quasar powering this massive radio jet does not have an extreme black hole mass compared to other quasars." Astronomers have detected the largest black hole-launched jet ever ...

The giant jet flips the script on the origins of these structures, which were once thought to be linked only to extremely ...

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

When NASA detects two black holes colliding, the cosmos is in a state of chaos. Black holes lie at the centre of most ...

From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery—a massive radio jet stretching 200,000 light-years across from a distant quasar. This is the largest radio jet ever found in the early universe, and it ...

Astronomers have found that the largest black holes in the universe don’t just consume matter—they also help create it. (Centaurus Cluster composite image.) Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/V. Olivaresi et ...

Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have ...