For decades, astronomers have puzzled over how the supermassive black holes residing in the center of galaxies form. Now, ...

"The results we are obtaining are truly unexpected, and all point to a super Eddington-type growth mechanism for black holes.

Black holes have captivated scientists for more than a century. How well do you know these supermassive wonders of the ...

NASA compares the universe's biggest black holes with "each other and to our solar system," in this Goddard Space Flight ...

Scientists have found evidence that black holes that existed less than 1 billion years after the Big Bang may have defied the laws of physics to grow to monstrous sizes. The discovery could solve one ...

Researchers using XMM-Newton and Chandra telescopes have linked X-ray emissions from 21 distant quasars to rapid supermassive ...

Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe. These hyper-dense celestial phenomena exert gravitational forces so powerful that not even light can escape their pull, and time itself is ...

The discovery could solve one of the most pressing mysteries in space science: How did supermassive black holes in the early universe grow so big, so fast? However, the processes that allow black ...

Black holes are remarkable astronomical objects with gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape them. The most gigantic ones, known as “supermassive” black holes, can weigh millions to ...

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

Peculiar James Webb Space Telescope observations seem to show gargantuan black holes in the earliest moments of the universe. New research may explain how they formed, thanks to primordial "seeds".

Black holes don't have many identifying features. They come in one color (black) and one shape (spherical). The main ...