U.S. National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers, using data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, have discovered an early universe supermassive black hole ...

Indian American astrophysicist at Yale wins the prestigious prize for her path-breaking research focused on the invisible ...

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

How astronomers used gravitational lensing, a space-time trick predicted by Einstein, to detect a black hole measuring 30 ...

Sgr A*, at the heart of the Milky Way and clocking in at 4.3 million solar masses, is the closest supermassive black hole we have access to. It's also on the quiescent end of the activity scale, which ...

New observations with the JWST have identified three possible dark star candidates-JADES-GS-z13-0, JADES-GS-z12-0, and ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals mysterious 'little red dots' in the distant universe, sparking new theories on ...

A project is underway to investigate the production of “dark” oxygen further. Understanding the phenomenon better could help ...

NASA’s study uncovers that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden by gas and dust, reshaping our understanding of galaxy ...

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

A team that included University of Arizona astronomers captured the infrared image of the supermassive black hole using a Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer.

Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.