The newly discovered "blazar," which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the oldest of its kind ever seen and changes ...
Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes ...
A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...
MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...
"This tells us that objects like white dwarfs may be able to live very close to an event horizon for a relatively extended period of time." ...
Galactic nuclei images reveal how supermassive black holes interact with their surroundings using infrared telescopes.
In 2018, a galaxy about 270 million light-years away from Earth exhibited a major increase in activity. It quieted down again ...
Supermassive black holes with powerful jets of high-energy particles, pointing directly at Earth are called blazars.
A remarkable black hole, located 270 million light-years away in the Draco constellation, has become the center of ...
Astronomers plan to keep their eye on this curious black hole, located in deep space some 270 million light-years away. More surprises may await. Mark is an award-winning journalist and the ...