"This result shows that the Event Horizon Telescope is not only useful for producing spectacular images, but can also be used ...

A supermassive black hole is reawakening inside a distant galaxy cluster—and after almost 100 million years of slumber, ...

New research suggests that the x-ray light coming from the Milky Way’s central black hole Sagittarius A* has changed ...

Ancient galaxies colloquially known as "little red dots" have proven a mystery ever since astronomers discovered them three ...

Little red dots were first observed by the James Webb Space Telescope ( JWST) shortly after the spacecraft began collecting ...

One of the most vivid portraits of "reborn" black hole activity—likened to the eruption of a "cosmic volcano" spreading ...

Puzzling red spots in photos from the James Webb Space Telescope are probably young supermassive black holes obscured by ...

Astronomers have spotted one of the oldest "dead" galaxies yet identified, and found that a growing supermassive black hole ...

Researchers have observed a long-dormant black hole being “reborn” in a distant galaxy. Located at the heart of galaxy ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured infrared light from a black hole and gave scientists unprecedented insights into the object's structure.

Black holes don’t just bend space and time. They also expose where our understanding of reality begins to break.  In this ...

JWST peered at the glowing trail of stars left behind by a candidate runaway supermassive black hole deep in space, revealing ...