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

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

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

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have uncovered a voraciously feeding and rapidly growing ...

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

When peering into the cosmic past, the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a supermassive black hole that doesn't have a ...

Since its discovery in 2022, the GHZ2 galaxy has garnered attention from astronomers due to its unique spectrum featuring ...

The flare came from a supermassive black hole that’s 10 billion light years away, making the flash the most distant one ...

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

A monstrous black hole in a distant galaxy has earned itself a nickname worthy of a science-fiction horror movie for its gluttonous feasting on any stars that dare get near. Meet "Space Jaws." NASA ...

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

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 – ...