Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in ...

NGC 4941 dazzles in a new Hubble image, showcasing star-forming regions and a supermassive black hole that dramatically ...

The smaller, intermediate mass black hole was likely derived from the Sausage Galaxy, which collided with the Milky Way 10 ...

One of the most powerful objects in the universe is a radio quasar—a spinning black hole spraying out highly energetic ...

An eavesdropper hiding inside a black hole could still obtain information about quantum objects on its outside, a finding ...

Magnetic fields twist around the black hole as it rotates to store energy – kind of like when you pull and twist a rubber band. When you release the rubber band, it snaps forward. Similarly, the ...

Black holes may not be as life-destroying as we thought. A surprising study reveals that the powerful radiation from active ...

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

Feb. 19, 2025 — Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has given us a view of the earliest moments of galaxy formation in the universe. It's also ...

At the heart of nearly every large galaxy lies a supermassive black hole. These cosmic giants don’t just sit quietly. Every ...

On this week's episode: is our universe inside a black hole, Antarctic explorers, tracking teenaged turtles, and ...