Food and travel writer Chris Dwyer has spent years criss-crossing the planet in search of the best meals. These are the best ...

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In terms of diversity, incredible natural landscapes and a whole lot of fascinating history, South America makes a sound ...

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

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 Chandra and NuSTAR telescopes have teamed up to study a supermassive black hole-powered quasar that could have played ...

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

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The jets extending from these blazars can extend millions of light-years in length. Black holes are among the most mysterious cosmic objects, much studied but not fully understood. In pursuit of ...

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