An early universe radio jet spanning an astonishing 200,000 light years has been discovered by the International Gemini ...

When astronomers look out into the cosmos, they see supermassive black holes (SMBH) in two different states. In one state, they're dormant. They're actively accreting only a tiny amount of matter and ...

Some galaxies eject powerful streams of charged particles—jets—from their centers into space. The prominent jet of Messier 87 ...

A newly identified quasar shows sustained growth beyond the Eddington limit, prompting new examination of accretion physics, radiation trapping and jet activity in early supermassive black holes.

For the first time, astronomers have captured radio signals from a rare exploding star, exposing what happened in the years ...

An early black hole feeds too fast—yet still blasts X-rays and radio jets.

A new high-resolution map of distant galaxies may help scientists understand a mysterious invisible substance that helps hold ...

Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope in a patch of the sky covering almost three times the area of the full ...

Torrential rain and gale force winds have sparked warnings in all but a few locations - Wales, Scotland, Suffolk, Norfolk and ...

In the early universe, astronomers found a rare light that breaks the rules of how black holes grow. Researchers from Waseda ...

Inside an incredibly bright cluster of galaxies, a long-dormant supermassive black hole has come back to life. Radio images ...

Astronomers have spotted a rare, rule-breaking quasar in the early Universe that appears to be growing its central black hole ...