Black holes are arguably the most fascinating entities in the whole realm of science — these are regions in the fabric of spacetime that surround an...
Astronomers have made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a runaway black hole 10 million times larger than the sun, rocketing...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected a supermassive black hole hiding in an ancient “Jekyll and Hyde” galaxy that changes its appearance depending on...
Astronomers have observed a star wobbling in its orbit around a ravenous supermassive black hole that is ripping it apart and feasting on its stellar material....
Astronomers have spotted a supermassive black hole whipping up cosmic winds at record speeds. The black hole, located 135 million light-years from Earth in the center...
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Scientists have confirmed that colossal collisions between galaxies trigger titanic eruptions in the centers of those galaxies, and the discovery is thanks to an artificial intelligence...
Astronomers have spotted the longest gamma-ray burst ever seen, a cosmic explosion that lasted seven hours — and they determined it could be the work of...
Scientists have been left baffled by a ‘never–seen–before blast’ from a supermassive black hole, 130 million light–years from Earth. The colossal black hole sits at the...