An elusive supermassive blackhole has been discovered in a nearby galaxy that's millions of light-years away from Earth. A supermassive blackhole—one measuring millions or billions of times the mass ...

Let’s face it, to those of us without a thorough understanding of them, black holes are scary. For those who do have an in-depth knowledge of the phenomenon, they’re downright terrifying. And that’s ...

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For the first time, astronomers have directly measured a solar-system-size corona around a distant supermassive black hole, thanks to a rare cosmic alignment.

"This shows how effective the approach of 'Discover with Subaru Telescope, explore with James Webb' can be." Using a powerful combination of the Subaru Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope ...

The oldest and most distant black hole known to scientists dates back 13.3 billion years ago, when our universe was still in its teething stage, according to findings published this month. The ...

One of the most powerful black holes in the universe is belching out gas at speeds of up to 10,000 kilometers per second, making its estimated mass more than 10 times lower than first thought. The ...

Now, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers may have cracked this puzzle, finding the first evidence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of M83, also known as NGC 5236, a ...