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

In 2020, astronomers identified a nearby star system that appeared to contain something phenomenal: the closest black hole to Earth! Now, new research from some of those same astronomers suggests that ...

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...

A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume ...

Researchers found for the first time evidence that even microquasars containing a low-mass star are efficient particle ...

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 ...

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

MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...

By studying the fastest jet ever seen erupting from an infant star, astronomers have discovered that the mechanism that ...

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 ...