An international research team led by PD Dr. Florian Peissker at the University of Cologne has used the new observation ...

Observations of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*, collected by the James Webb Space ...

“The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has not only the capability to destroy stars but it can also ...

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

Just when you think you understand black holes, the James Webb Space Telescope goes and discovers something that no one has ...

A colossal star met an unexpected fate when it drifted too close to a supermassive black hole 10 billion light-years away.

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

Stars powered by dark matter instead of nuclear fusion could solve several mysteries of the early universe, and we may have ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have discovered "signs of a ‘hot spot’ ...

With masses that dwarf anything in the stellar realm, supermassive black holes are central to galaxy evolution. This analysis compares them to other cosmic giants—like dark matter halos and galactic ...

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

Surprisingly, some of the universe's brightest objects are black holes. As scorching gas and dust flow around and into a black hole, they glow with ...