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 ...

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

A team that included University of Arizona astronomers captured the infrared image of the supermassive black hole using a Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer.

Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.

A team of astronomers sifted through James Webb Space Telescope data from multiple surveys to compile one of the largest ...

Astronomers have captured the most detailed infrared images yet of an active galactic nucleus (AGN), using the Large ...

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

Learn how a "black hole 30 billion times the mass of the sun in a galaxy 2 billion light years away" using gravitational ...

This rare quasar with spiral arms could help astronomers understand how supermassive black holes feed and grow.

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