The satellites the world relies on for navigation, communication and more get their bearings from distant black holes – but ...

One of the most perplexing discoveries in modern astronomy has been finding supermassive black holes, some weighing billions ...

The colossal black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning almost as fast as its maximum rotation rate ...

Primordial black holes that formed during the earliest moments of the universe could have swollen quickly to supermassive sizes, complex cosmological simulations have revealed.The discovery could lead ...

Astronomers have identified a supermassive black hole located on the outskirts of a galaxy 600 million light-years from Earth, where it was observed consuming a nearby star.

Supermassive black holes are found at the center of massive galaxies like our own Milky Way. These ginormous cosmic beasts are known to devour all matter, including light. Check out these 7 ...

One such example is the supermassive black hole at galaxy SDSS J1354+1327, 800 million light-years away, which spewed out two different energy bursts following a cosmic meal.

Supermassive black holes are referred to as active galactic nuclei (AGN) when they are in the center of a galaxy and active. The more they consume, the brighter they are.

How did supermassive black holes get big so fast? Astrophysicist Souphie Koudmani tells us how she and her colleagues are finding out.

The researchers suggest that the supermassive black hole may be pushing out these super-fast and cool winds, ripping away the gas needed for stars to form and starving the galaxy to death.

Mapping the Growth of Supermassive Black Holes as a Function of Galaxy Stellar Mass and Redshift. The Astrophysical Journal, 2024; 964 (2): 183 DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ad27cc ...