Artist's impression of a supermassive black hole surrounded by gas and dust in four different wavelengths of light. Visible light (top right) and low-energy X-rays (bottom left) are blocked by the gas ...
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 ...
Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...
A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume ...
Space experts have uncovered a massive swarm of new supermassive black holes that could blow theories about galaxies wide ...
Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...
Finding patterns and reducing noise in large, complex datasets generated by the gravitational wave-detecting LIGO facility ...
Supermassive black holes, 1,000 times larger than previously thought, have been discovered in LRD-type galaxies. This ...
Space-time may hide a bizarre new kind of black hole that causes Einstein’s theory of gravity to fail – and could solve 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 ...