Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have detected the largest black hole jet ever seen in the early universe. It's ...

A new form of black hole archeology, linking spin to gas and dust, has revealed that these cosmic titans spin faster than ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

The giant jet flips the script on the origins of these structures, which were once thought to be linked only to extremely ...

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...

From unifying quantum physics and gravity to working out what is dark matter, the universe has some deep questions that ...

New research shows black holes can trigger gas cooling, creating fuel for their own feeding. This process keeps them growing ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...

From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have ...