Where do they come from, those beguiling singularities that flummox astrophysicists—and the rest of us. Sure, we understand the processes…
One of the most pressing questions in astronomy concerns black holes. We know that massive stars that explode as supernovae…
A series of studies has shown that the seeds of supermassive black holes and relativistic jets existed much sooner than…
Astronomers have spotted a 40 billion solar mass black hole in the Abell 85 cluster of galaxies. They found the…
Quasars are some of the brightest objects in the Universe. The brightest ones are so luminous they outshine a trillion…
Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole (SMBH) with an unusually regular feeding schedule. The behemoth is an active galactic…
If contemplating the vast size of astronomical objects makes you feel rather puny and insignificant, then this new discovery will…
Super-Massive Black Holes (SMBH) are hard to explain. These gargantuan singularities are thought to be at the center of every…
Every once in a while, the Milky Way ejects a star. The evicted star is typically ejected from the chaotic…
The Event Horizon Telescope has completed its observations. Now scientists are crunching the data and hope to soon have the…