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

A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume ...

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

Space-time may hide a bizarre new kind of black hole that causes Einstein’s theory of gravity to fail – and could solve the ...

Artist's impression of a supermassive black hole surrounded by gas and dust in four different wavelengths of light. Visible light (top right) and low-energy X-rays (bottom left) are blocked by the gas ...

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

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...

What exists at the core of a black hole? A research team led by Enrico Rinaldi, a physicist at the University of Michigan, ...

Galactic nuclei images reveal how supermassive black holes interact with their surroundings using infrared telescopes.

By studying the fastest jet ever seen erupting from an infant star, astronomers have discovered that the mechanism that ...

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of ...

In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the ...