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

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

The most gigantic ones, known as “supermassive” black holes, can weigh millions to billions times the mass of the Sun. These giants usually live in the centers of galaxies. Our own galaxy, the Milky ...

A quasar is an exceptionally bright and uncommon supermassive black hole found at the core of a galaxy. NASA researchers have ...

The James Webb Space Telescope just captured a gorgeous image of the Sombrero galaxy. This cluster now looks more like an ...

A quasar is a rare and extremely luminous type of supermassive black hole that is located at the center of a galaxy. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope unexpectedly finds double Quasar in distant universe.

New research reveals how supermassive black holes halt star formation, shedding light on galaxy evolution in the early ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope's brand-new image of the Sombrero Galaxy casts this city of stars in a new light — ...

The supermassive black holes have a combined mass 40 million times that of the Sun and they are about one light-day away from ...