NASA’s study uncovers that 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden by gas and dust, reshaping our understanding of galaxy ...
There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...
Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...
In the modern universe, supermassive black holes at the center of galaxies and their host galaxies grow together. But this ...
Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes ...
In 2018, a galaxy about 270 million light-years away from Earth exhibited a major increase in activity. It quieted down again by 2020 -- only to dramatically increase its output again in 2023. At that ...
Researchers have found there are many more black holes in the universe than once thought. (Credit: WikiMedia Commons) Most ...
Yale researchers among those who discovered three “ultra-massive” galaxies, which were formed shortly after the Big Bang and ...
Galactic nuclei images reveal how supermassive black holes interact with their surroundings using infrared telescopes.
Astronomers compile a large sample of an unusual class of objects in an effort to connect the dots to the early universe.