In a new book release, two scientists combine forces to explain the discoveries, developments and theories made in the realm ...

"Many supermassive black holes may lie concealed within dusty regions of the early universe, undetected," said astronomer Takafumi Tsukui.

Black holes may not be as life-destroying as we thought. A surprising study reveals that the powerful radiation from active ...

New research from a professor at the Kansas State University that used imaging from the James Webb Space Telescope gives ...

Astronomers have uncovered a spiral galaxy nearly a billion light-years away that hosts a supermassive black hole launching ...

Black holes have fascinated scientists and storytellers for decades. These mysterious cosmic objects have gravity so strong ...

"By combining these data with our new theoretical models for how these stars travel, we made this remarkable discovery." A pre-existing theory had suggested that if a supermassive black hole ...

Scientists have detected radio signals from hot gas surrounding a supermassive black hole that existed 12.9 billion years ago, according to new research published in Nature Astronomy from an ...

A surprising new study from Dartmouth and the University of Exeter researchers shows that when the supermassive black holes at the center of most large galaxies—including the Milky Way—consume ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an ...