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

Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.

Supermassive black holes, 1,000 times larger than previously thought, have been discovered in LRD-type galaxies. This ...

Scientists used changes in the supermassive black hole M87*'s accretion disk to infer its orientation, size and turbulence ...

"Little red dot" galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in the early cosmos appear to be ruled by supermassive ...

Twin jets erupt from a supermassive black hole in Draco, offering new insights into black hole activity and evolution.

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

A team of astronomers sifted through James Webb Space Telescope data from multiple surveys to compile one of the largest ...

There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...

Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals ...

Astronomers discover evidence of massive black holes feeding themselves, revealing a complex cosmic cycle of gas cooling and ...

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