The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. At the same time several telescopes, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory ...
In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic center.
Mysterious little red dots threatened to overhaul modern cosmology—but new research may have solved the celestial conundrum.
Black holes might all have hearts of pure darkness, but many cloak themselves in rings of fire that blaze like little else in ...
By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...
Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...
Astrophysical jets from black holes play a key role in cosmic evolution, impacting star formation and revealing insights ...
By studying the fastest jet ever seen erupting from an infant star, astronomers have discovered that the mechanism that ...
Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...
Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of ...
After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.
A team of astronomers has detected 19 quasars, revealing details about supermassive black holes and cosmic dynamics.