"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 ...

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

Recent research suggests that supermassive black holes' spin rates, linked to their formation history, indicate growth ...

An illustration shows seven "little red dot" galaxies embedded in the cosmic web, one of which is dominated by a supermassive black hole. | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva) Using the James ...

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...

How do you take a picture of something that swallows light itself? 🤯 In this video, we break down the technology behind the ...

Supermassive black holes, 1,000 times larger than previously thought, have been discovered in LRD-type galaxies. This ...

Related: James Webb telescope captures 1st 'mid-infrared' flare from Milky Way's supermassive black hole The story begins with little red dots Since JWST started beaming data back to Earth in the ...

In a groundbreaking follow-up to their 2019 reveal of the first black hole image, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team has ...

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 ...

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of ...