The team found that when jets launched from supermassive black holes strike hot gas between galaxies in galaxy clusters, called the "intracluster medium (ICM)," they carve out large cavities.

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

Supermassive black holes generate emissions to regulate the cooling of the hot gas The research was conducted in several galaxy clusters, two of the most well-known being Perseus and the Centaurus ...

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 ...

This finding broadens our knowledge of star evolution while also adding to our collection of black holes. Scientists aim to learn more about the violent dynamics that create star clusters and the ...

The centers of galaxy clusters contain the universe’s most massive galaxies, which harbor huge black holes with masses ranging from millions to tens of billions of times that of the Sun. Jets from ...

These filaments then flow toward the black hole, feeding it, and the cycle repeats. Brightness Link: The brightness of the hot gas in the center of galaxy clusters is directly related to the ...

The research focused on seven galaxy clusters, including Perseus and Centaurus. These clusters house enormous black holes, millions to billions of times heavier than the Sun. Observations showed ...

Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers from the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) and elsewhere have ...

This release features composite images shown side-by-side of two different galaxy clusters, each with a central black hole surrounded by patches and filaments of gas. The galaxy clusters, known as ...