When astronomers detected the first long-predicted gravitational waves in 2015, it opened a whole new window into the Universe.

By studying the fastest jet ever seen erupting from an infant star, astronomers have discovered that the mechanism that ...

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...

Rather than relying on a cheek swab or a little blood, however, these cosmic DNA tests utilize tiny ripples in the fabric of ...

"Our measurements imply that the supermassive black hole mass is 10% of the stellar mass in the galaxies we studied." ...

Jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause gas to cool and fall toward that cosmic titan in a cosmic feeding process.

After decades of study, scientists sound genuinely optimistic about the possibility of detecting primordial black holes, which might explain dark matter.

A team of astronomers has detected 19 quasars, revealing details about supermassive black holes and cosmic dynamics.

Twin jets erupt from a supermassive black hole in Draco, offering new insights into black hole activity and evolution.

According to NASA, "there are hundreds of them"—massive black holes roaming space. It is now emerging and reshaping the ...