The James Webb telescope may have detected the universe's earliest and most distant known black hole at the heart of galaxy ...

Astronomers found a rapidly growing supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy millions of light-years away using the ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have uncovered a voraciously feeding and rapidly growing ...

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

When peering into the cosmic past, the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a supermassive black hole that doesn't have a ...

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

Since its discovery in 2022, the GHZ2 galaxy has garnered attention from astronomers due to its unique spectrum featuring ...

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

A supermassive black hole around a million times the mass of the Sun just gave away its position in spectacular fashion. When a passing star veered a little too close, it was torn apart in the black ...

Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies. But there's an open question in ...

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 ...

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 – ...