"The sizes of these radio jets are not comparable to our solar system or even our galaxy." ...

"This challenges our understanding of black hole and galaxy formation in the early universe." ...

Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole sitting at the core of the Milky Way. It has a mass of 4.3 million times our ...

On Black Hole Friday, we spotlight the work of astrophysicist Chung-Pei Ma, whose research is transforming our understanding ...

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 ...

Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies. But there's an open question in ...

Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed an actively growing supermassive black hole ...

A supermassive black hole around a million times the mass of the Sun just gave away its position in spectacular fashion. When a passing star veered a little too close, it was torn apart in the black ...

ULAS J1120+0641 is the first quasar discovered beyond a redshift of 7. Blazing at a time when the universe was just 770 million years old, ULAS J1120+0641 contains a supermassive black hole 2 billion ...

The center of the Milky Way twinkles in microwave radiation, seen in new data obtained by astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile. This study could help ...

A new book demystifies black holes and explores what we still don’t know about them James Trefil and Shobita Satyapal The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the centre of ...

Some galaxies could grow so large by consuming one star from a binary system. April 8, 2012— -- For years, astronomers have puzzled over the diet needed to bulk up supermassive black holes – ...