In NASA's latest survey, experts detected black holes hidden behind thick clouds of gas and dust and others that are not.

A new study shows that black holes consume gas which creates an outburst that cools nearby gas for the black hole to consume ...

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...

Artist's impression of a supermassive black hole surrounded by gas and dust in four different wavelengths of light. Visible light (top right) and low-energy X-rays (bottom left) are blocked by the gas ...

Messier 87 (M87), also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, is a supergiant elliptical galaxy in the Virgo constellation. It is one ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs): Extremely powerful explosions in distant galaxies that emit vast amounts of energy, mainly as gamma rays. Hypernovae (Massive Star Explosions): Ultra-powerful stellar ...

The findings of local college students are being shared with scientists around the world in an upcoming edition of a ...

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The Vatican Observatory’s summer school, known as “Specola,” has already selected students for its next edition in June.

Conflicting distance measurements have added to the uncertainty. One data source places one object at 6,500 light years away, ...

An extraordinary astronomical phenomenon will illuminate the sky as stargazers are urged to look up to catch a glimpse of the ...