NASA’s new X‑ray images reveal how supermassive black holes sculpt galaxy clusters. Jets, bubbles, and ripples reshape cosmic ...

Astronomers are learning more about the origins of supermassive black holes after new data is revealed from a 20-year-long ...

But the supermassive black hole lurking at the core of NGC 3783 is 30 million times the mass of our humble sun, and the ...

The X‑arithmetic technique offers a powerful new way to map the physics of other galactic structures across the universe and ...

Astronomers have observed a star wobbling in its orbit around a ravenous supermassive black hole that is ripping it apart and ...

Euclid telescope data shows merging galaxies are 2–6 times more likely to host active supermassive black holes, revealing how ...

Most smaller galaxies may not have supermassive black holes in their centers, according to a recent study using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This contrasts with the common idea that nearly every ...

X-ray space telescopes caught a supermassive blackhole flinging matter into space at a fifth of the speed of light ...

Intermediate mass black holes (IMBH), if they exist, have between about 100 and 1,000 solar masses, placing them in between ...

Supermassive black holes lurk all throughout the known universe, but catching one in the act of devouring its cosmic dinner doesn't happen all that often. In fact, unless a black hole is actively in ...

The two galaxies shown here, NGC 6278 and PGC 039620, are representative of the more than 1,600 galaxies analyzed in a new study. Both galaxies are ...

In a significant potential shift for astrophysics, it turns out that some quasars may weigh as little as half what was previously believed. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens ...