Active supermassive black holes may be drivers of star formation rather than agents of destruction, according to a new study reported by Smithsonian Magazine. Scientists have mapped the structure o ...

Astronomers have made significant strides in understanding how shock waves generated by supermassive black holes in local galaxies influence star formation.

At the heart of some galaxies lie extremely bright spots—far too luminous to be lit by stars alone. Each glowing core ...

Astronomers found evidence that black holes of different masses may form jets at the same critical accretion rate, including a late phase near 2% of the Eddington limit.

Astronomers have studied nine local galaxies to discover how shock waves from the galaxies' central supermassive black holes ...

Space telescope Euclid discovered 31 quasars from the cosmic dawn, including the earliest ever when the Universe was 5% of its current age.

Scientists have found evidence that black holes of vastly different sizes may launch powerful jets according to the same universal rule. Supermassive black holes can produce jets soon after tearing ...

What: A SETI Live conversation about whether planet-mass objects could form in the dusty outer regions surrounding actively feeding supermassive black holes; Guests: ...

Black holes can suppress star formation, but nine nearby galaxies reveal how their outflows could also help trigger the birth ...

Hubble captured NGC 4698, a strange spiral galaxy whose stars and gas rotate at right angles, revealing clues to a chaotic past.

Black holes ranging from small stellar objects to giants millions of times more massive than the sun may follow the same basic rule when launching powerful jets into space. The finding, published in ...

The S301 star races around our galaxy's central black hole. Learn how its extreme orbit could reveal the spin of Sagittarius ...