Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...
A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's ...
There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...
Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...
In December 2022, less than six months after commencing science operations, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed ...
In 2018, a galaxy about 270 million light-years away from Earth exhibited a major increase in activity. It quieted down again ...
Galactic nuclei images reveal how supermassive black holes interact with their surroundings using infrared telescopes.
Galaxy clusters are home to many giant elliptical galaxies that have completed their growth and are not forming stars.
NASA’s study uncovers that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden by gas and dust, reshaping our understanding of galaxy ...
Astronomers have captured the most detailed infrared images yet of an active galactic nucleus (AGN), using the Large ...
"If our eyes were able to detect X-rays, the sky would be full of dots. And every single one of those dots would be an ...