The latest discovery marks the first-ever "compelling clue" that a black hole may be present in the enigmatic galaxy, ...

"Many supermassive black holes may lie concealed within dusty regions of the early universe, undetected," said astronomer Takafumi Tsukui.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered "smoking gun" evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive ...

A supermassive black hole that scientists have nicknamed "Ansky" is now awake after a long dormant period, emitting powerful ...

Scientists have uncovered the strongest evidence yet for the existence of elusive intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), long ...

Researchers made a fascinating discovery at the heart of our galaxy: "strange filaments" driving a cycle of gas emissions and ...

MAY 12, 2022 — Astronomers today unveiled the first-ever image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole that sits at the center of the ... which enables the telescope network to capture high-resolution data ...

Neutrinos may be produced by the environments near supermassive black holes like M31*. "Chandra has such fine spatial resolution that it can pick apart the X-ray emission from M31* from three ...

Quasars are distant galaxies ... X-Ray Flashes from a Nearby Supermassive Black Hole Accelerate Mysteriously Jan. 13, 2025 — Astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a supermassive ...

A supermassive black hole dormant for decades has just awakened in a distant galaxy. This sudden activation provides a unique opportunity to study the behavior of these cosmic giants in real time.

Most large and spiral-shaped galaxies have a black ... high to come from something like supernovae (exploding stars), making the scientists believe the presence of a supermassive black hole ...

"For years, astronomers have searched for a black hole in M83 without success." Scientists have long believed that monster-sized supermassive ... and spatial resolution. Breaking space news ...