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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

Space experts have uncovered a massive swarm of new supermassive black holes that could blow theories about galaxies wide ...

HWO will be the first space telescope built to find potentially habitable planets and analyze their atmospheres for signs of ...

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 ...

Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals that black holes can cool gas to the proper temperature for a cosmic feast ...

When astronomers detected the first long-predicted gravitational waves in 2015, it opened a whole new window into the Universe.