For now, researchers think the light might be coming from the first stars to exist, or outflows from a supermassive black ...

NGC 4941 dazzles in a new Hubble image, showcasing star-forming regions and a supermassive black hole that dramatically ...

What's on and in a star? What happens in an active galactic nucleus? Answering those questions is the goal of a proposed ...

Could black holes be unexpected contributors to the emergence of life in the universe? A recent study suggests that their ...

Black holes may not be as life-destroying as we thought. A surprising study reveals that the powerful radiation from active ...

During growth phases, SMBH are observed as active galactic nuclei (AGN); the SMBH grows by accreting ... material to be investigated in the unresolved and partially obscured nucleus. We have obtained ...

A powerful active galactic nucleus, driven by one of the first supermassive black holes, is another possibility identified by ...

New research reveals that high-energy radiation from active galactic nuclei could foster life on distant planets by ...

The most massive black holes can cover galaxies with immense radiation. However, this need not be harmful for possible ...

A surprising new study from Dartmouth and the University of Exeter researchers shows that when the supermassive black holes at the center of most large galaxies—including the Milky Way—consume ...