Surprisingly, some of the universe's brightest objects are black holes. As scorching gas and dust flow around and into a ...

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

"In order to get such high sensitivity in the mid-infrared, one needs to go to space, as the atmosphere severely messes up ...

“The supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way has not only the capability to destroy stars but it can also ...

Astronomers have discovered 53 new supermassive black hole-powered quasars that are blasting out jets of matter at near light ...

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.

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

With masses that dwarf anything in the stellar realm, supermassive black holes are central to galaxy evolution. This analysis compares them to other cosmic giants—like dark matter halos and galactic ...

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

For years, the center of our galaxy has been painted as a place where stars go to meet their end — a region ruled by Sagittarius A*, a black hole so massive that its gravity can stretch, tear, and ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have successfully discovered 53 new quasars powered by supermassive black holes ...

The discovery of strange, ultra-red objects—especially the extreme case known as The Cliff—has pushed astronomers to propose ...