Supermassive black holes can be very bright if they are actively eating, usually a brightness that stays there for a very ...

It's nicknamed Jetty McJetface.

Scientists say a jet from a previously studied supermassive black hole has grown brighter, becoming one of the most energetic ...

Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to ...

Somewhere in the universe, enormous black holes are circling each other so slowly that ...

Gigantic black holes lurk at the center of virtually every galaxy, including ours, but we've lacked a precise picture of what ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Scientists are observing the behavior of a supermassive black hole that is ...

Imagine a jet of energy so powerful that it makes even Star Wars’ Death Star look tiny. That’s reportedly what astronomers ...

But now a new study published in Nature suggests a solution to the Little Red Dots mystery. Scientists think young ...

Learn how a shredded star triggered a black hole jet that evolved into a years-long energy surge that continues to intensify.

Recent James Webb Space Telescope data confirms a decade-old theory that the universe's earliest supermassive black holes ...

The supermassive black holes thought to lurk at the heart of most galaxies attained their enormous sizes by eating stars, a new study suggests. Some theories hold that these galactic black holes — ...