In the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, two gigantic "bubbles" extend roughly 50,000 light-years above and below the galactic center.

In some galaxies, large amounts of interstellar gas are spiralling around the super massive black hole and getting pulled in ...

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

Scientists discover low-mass microquasars can accelerate cosmic rays, reshaping theories on high-energy particle origins.

Learn how a "black hole 30 billion times the mass of the sun in a galaxy 2 billion light years away" using gravitational ...

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

The University of California San Diego is positioning itself as a leader in astronomical research as its new Department of ...

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

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

Scientists have found that supermassive black holes self-grow by regulating the cooling of surrounding hot gas, forming warm ...

Plasma jets erupting from a supermassive black hole in galaxy 1ES 1927+654 provide new insights into jet formation.

A new preprint study has taken a closer look at the "universe-breaking" Little Red Dot galaxies discovered in the early ...