By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

The Enigmatic Giants of the Universe Black holes, those mysterious entities lurking in the vastness of space, have always captivated the imagination of astronomers and poets alike. Their very ...

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...

Black holes might all have hearts of pure darkness, but many cloak themselves in rings of fire that blaze like little else in ...

Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have detected the largest black hole jet ever seen in the early universe. It's ...

From unifying quantum physics and gravity to working out what is dark matter, the universe has some deep questions that ...

Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...

The passing gravitational waves “stretch or contract the universe by around 20 meters [about 65 feet] or so,” says Matthew ...

Researchers have observed strange goings-on around a supermassive black hole located nearly 300 million light years away.

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...

An illustration of the largest radio jet ever seen in the early universe twice as long as the Milky Way. | Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlick Astronomers have detected the largest black hole ...