The first black holes to appear in the universe may have formed from the direct collapse of gas. When they…
A new simulation has provided new insight into how supermassive black holes grow by feeding off of cosmic gas captured…
Astronomers can determine the size of a black hole by the way it consumes nearby matter.
What's better than a quasar? That's right, two quasars. Astronomers have spotted for the first time two rare double-quasars, and…
The evolution of cosmic expansion could be measured by a new method using intensity correlation speckles.
Earth is blasted by high-energy neutrinos from the most powerful objects in the universe.
Where is all the missing matter? That question has plagued astronomers for decades, because the Universe looks emptier than it…
Supermassive black holes have a complicated lifecycle. Sometimes they're "on", blasting out tremendous amounts of energy, and sometimes they're "off',…
Nailing down cosmic expansion could depend on distant quasars, and the time it takes their light to reach us when…
It turns out you can teach an old dog new tricks. With a recent upgrade to a 50-year-old radio telescope,…