The Webb telescope — a scientific collaboration between NASA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency — is designed to peer into ...

WASHINGTON: Scientists have observed flashes of X-rays emanating from the nucleus of a galaxy near our Milky Way, gradually ...

A new study suggests more supermassive black holes may be lurking in the universe than previously thought. Astronomers from the University of Southampton have discovered that 35 per cent of these ...

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows a globular cluster known as NGC 104 — or, more commonly, 47 Tucanae, since ...

A cosmic object spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope has flummoxed astronomers. Now, a research team has studied ...

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...

The universe could be home to far more supermassive black holes than we realised, according to new research. Astronomers from ...

At the center of almost every galaxy, there is a supermassive black hole. Well, astronomers think it’s every galaxy, but it ...

NASA telescopes reveal 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden by dust, reshaping theories about their role in galaxy ...

Scientists are keen to get to the bottom of the dark matter puzzle because this phenomenon accounts for the vast majority of ...

Play Video A thick torus of gas and dust surrounding a supermassive black hole is shown in this artist’s concept. The torus ...