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

"This is how you solve the universe-breaking problem." ...

Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes ...

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

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center runs down the best-known Black Holes in the Milky Way galaxy and the Large Magellanic Cloud.

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

In 2018, a galaxy about 270 million light-years away from Earth exhibited a major increase in activity. It quieted down again by 2020 -- only to dramatically increase its output again in 2023. At that ...

Galactic nuclei images reveal how supermassive black holes interact with their surroundings using infrared telescopes.

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 ...

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

Researchers have found there are many more black holes in the universe than once thought. (Credit: WikiMedia Commons) Most ...

Since 2018, we've seen 1ES 1927+654 generate jets in real time and found it may have a lone white dwarf orbiting near the ...