Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole sitting at the core of the Milky Way. It has a mass of 4.3 million times our ...

These monster objects, known as Giant Radio Quasars, are part of a clutch of 369 radio quasars recently discovered by Indian ...

For years, the center of our galaxy has been painted as a place where stars go to meet their end — a region ruled by ...

"In order to get such high sensitivity in the mid-infrared, one needs to go to space, as the atmosphere severely messes up ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have successfully discovered 53 new quasars powered by supermassive black holes ...

An international research team led by PD Dr. Florian Peissker at the University of Cologne has used the new observation ...

Researchers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed an actively growing supermassive black hole ...

The flare came from a supermassive black hole that’s 10 billion light years away, making the flash the most distant one ...

On Black Hole Friday, we spotlight the work of astrophysicist Chung-Pei Ma, whose research is transforming our understanding ...

A monstrous black hole in a distant galaxy has earned itself a nickname worthy of a science-fiction horror movie for its gluttonous feasting on any stars that dare get near. Meet "Space Jaws." NASA ...

A colossal star met an unexpected fate when it drifted too close to a supermassive black hole 10 billion light-years away.

Some galaxies could grow so large by consuming one star from a binary system. April 8, 2012— -- For years, astronomers have puzzled over the diet needed to bulk up supermassive black holes – ...