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

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

Researchers have discovered the largest black hole plasma jets ever in a galaxy almost 7 billion light years away from Earth.

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

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a "200,000 light-year-long trail of newborn stars" that may have been left behind by a ...

A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume ...

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 ...

New research shows black holes can trigger gas cooling, creating fuel for their own feeding. This process keeps them growing ...

In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the ...

Discover how researchers found a bizarre black hole feeding at an exceptional rate, challenging theories on black hole growth ...

By studying the fastest jet ever seen erupting from an infant star, astronomers have discovered that the mechanism that ...