Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are among the most energetic phenomena observed in the universe. These luminous objects, powered ...

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

Just over two years ago, observations from JWST had astronomers puzzled. Some galaxies were spotted that seemed to break our ...

The black hole, with an official name of 1ES 1927+654, is located in the distant constellation Draco. Astronomers have been monitoring the black hole for years, primarily since 2018 when the mass ...

"Finding more supermassive black holes that are potentially hosting jets raises the question as to how these black holes grew ...

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of spacetime called gravitational waves, first proposed by Albert Einstein 110 ...

The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary research Sara Hashemi Correspondent An artist’s concept of a white dwarf ...

What Makes a Black Hole Fall Asleep? As the research team discovered, this black hole is also somewhat of an anomaly due to its staggering size, as it makes up roughly 40 percent of the total mass of ...

NASA researchers combined years of data and new imaging techniques to learn more about a "tipped over" black hole that is moving in an unexpected way. The black hole is located in a galaxy called ...

The supermassive black hole has been sending out flashes that have increased in speed. Astronomers say they have never seen anything like it before. The black hole is known as 1ES 1927+654 ...

For half a century, astrophysicists have been trying to solve the Black Hole Information Paradox—first explained by Stephen Hawking in 1976—which posits that black holes destroy information.

Welcome to space, where mysteries abound! From NASA’s telescopes and spacecraft, we’ve uncovered baffling discoveries. Here ...