At the heart of nearly every large galaxy lies a supermassive black hole. These cosmic giants don’t just sit quietly. Every ...

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The spiral galaxy 2MASX J23453268−0449256 is located nearly 1 billion light-years away from Earth, and measures about three ...

A terrifying glimpse at one potential fate of our Milky Way galaxy has come to light thanks to the discovery of a cosmic ...

Despite the bounce and subsequent expansion, nothing can leave the event horizon, so it expands into a new region of ...

With unprecedented federal reductions now on the table, administrators are trying to plan for an uncertain future, drawing ...

When massive stars explode as supernovae, they can leave behind neutron stars. Other than black holes, these are the densest ...

Often seen as destructive, supermassive black holes could help sustain life under specific conditions, scientists have found.

New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope, or ACT, collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe’s infancy – the earliest cosmic time accessible to humans. Measuring light ...

Although black hole radiation can be catastrophic in some cases, it may assist life once oxygen has accumulated in the planet ...

At the center of most large galaxies, including our Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. These powerful objects sometimes enter active galactic nucleus (AGN) mode, where they pull in gas and ...