Earlier this month, a team of US National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole, called ...

Scientists have found the "hungriest" black hole that is "feasting" on matter faster than experts previously thought possible ...

Named LID-568, this black hole was identified within the Chandra X-ray Observatory’s COSMOS legacy survey, which included ...

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

A team of U.S. astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate—40x the ...

This illustration shows a red, early-universe dwarf galaxy that hosts a rapidly feeding black hole at its center. Using data ...

One of those objects, LID-568, stood out immediately. LID-568 has high X-ray emission from its central black hole, but Webb is the only instrument capable of gathering this data. The team used a ...

To put that into perspective, the universe is now about 13.8 billion years old. The discovery could provide insight into ...

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole in a distant galaxy that is defying conventional understanding. Growing ...

An ancient black hole near the galactic center is consuming matter at over 40 times the theoretical limit, raising questions ...

At the heart of our Milky Way galaxy lurks a supermassive black hole about four million times the mass of the sun, called ...