A supermassive black hole in the early universe is consuming material at an unprecedented rate, challenging long-standing astrophysical theories. Located in the center of the galaxy LID-568, this ...

Astronomers have identified 300 ultra-rare black holes, potentially solving one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics—how ...

A Northwestern University-led team of researchers has shed light on a supermassive black hole’s “disco ball-style” show.

The image captures HE0435-1223, one of the best lensed quasars, with four bright images formed by a foreground galaxy. This gravitational lensing effect creates a stunning celestial arrangement. The ...

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spied dynamic flares of light near the supermassive black hole at the ...

A new study using NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a variety of light coming from the black hole Sagittarius A* — or rather its accretion disk, the ring of rapidly spinning material ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy may not be as voracious as the gas-gobbling monsters that ...

They found a type of ultra-powerful galaxy that gobbles up everything around it. Its energy is so intense that, if it were ...

Chinese astronomers have identified a runaway star that was ejected from the M15 globular cluster, providing strong evidence for the existence of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), a long-missing ...

Observations revealed ongoing fireworks featuring short bursts and longer flares. Imagine solar flares, but magnified to an ...