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

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

NASA has visualized the cataclysm, which is thought to have caused a mysterious eruption of gamma rays captured by telescopes ...

Scientists observed a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 3783 releasing wind at 20% of the speed of light after a sudden X-ray flare. New data from XRISM and XMM-Newton explains how magnetic activi ...

In 2019, researchers detected gravitational waves that indicated that two black holes were merging. These were two fairly ...

Supermassive black holes are complex beasts. When abundant material reaches them, they can become active. The process of ...

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

Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

"In order to get such high sensitivity in the mid-infrared, one needs to go to space, as the atmosphere severely messes up ...

A flaring black hole whips up ultra-fast winds of more than 37,000 miles per SECOND, reveals new research. X-ray space ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of international researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of gigantic ...

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 – ...