of 31 quasars that formed when the cosmos was only about 670 million years old, pushing the frontier of observable supermassive black holes back to a time when the universe was just 5 % of its current age. The results, now appearing in Astronomy and...

5 billion years old. Blazars represent some of the most energetic phenomena in the cosmos. They are fueled by supermassive black holes that actively consume surrounding gas and dust. During this process, a fraction of that matter is accelerated into...

of mysterious cosmic entities known as “Little Red Dots,” offering a potential breakthrough in understanding how supermassive black holes achieved such immense proportions in the early universe. These findings, dating back to a period between 12.5 and...

A new study suggests our galaxy’s black hole, Sagittarius A*, may accelerate particles to extreme PeV energies by tapping into its own rotational power. New theoretical research suggests that the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy,...

surveys. Why Lensed Quasars Matter Quasars shine as some of the brightest beacons in the cosmos, powered by supermassive black holes devouring surrounding gas. When a massive foreground galaxy bends the light from a more distant quasar, the resulting...

of the cosmos. For the astronomical community, the burgeoning catalog of early quasars opens a new window onto how supermassive black holes grew to colossal sizes during the universe’s formative epochs.

New research suggests that elusive neutrinos could be the deciding factor in whether a massive star explodes as a supernova or collapses into a black hole. The transition from a dying star to either a spectacular supernova or a silent collapse into a...

The Milky Way’s story is written in chemical fingerprints and stellar streams, revealing a complex history of ancient mergers and a future trajectory toward a massive collision with Andromeda. For most of human history, people saw the Milky Way as a...

Astronomers have discovered S301, a star orbiting Sagittarius A* at 8.5% the speed of light, offering a unique new way to measure the black hole’s spin. Astronomers have identified a new stellar resident in the immediate vicinity of the Milky Way’s...

New observations suggest that mysterious, ancient cosmic objects may actually be compact galaxies hiding around supermassive black holes. Astronomers have uncovered compelling evidence that the enigmatic “little red dots” observed in the early universe...

Frattare, J. Major, K. Arcand Black Holes as Engines of Evolution The gallery also underscores the profound role supermassive black holes play in governing their host galaxies. Far from being passive anchors, these objects act as engines of immense...

of 130 scientists will embark on a quest to map the formation of the universe’s earliest stars, galaxies, and supermassive black holes. A Collaborative Effort to Map the Cosmic Dawn The ambitious endeavor, officially titled the Roman eXtreme Deep Field...

by active galactic nuclei. While these radio observations have provided critical insights into the physics of supermassive black holes, they have historically been limited to discrete, static snapshots. Because these observations were separated by time...

This component provides spectra for approximately 500,000 objects, including stellar-mass, intermediate-mass, and supermassive black holes. Milky Way Mapper (MWM): Focusing on our home galaxy, this project contributes more than three million spectra...

as a flat-spectrum radio quasar, a member of the active galactic nuclei family. These objects are driven by supermassive black holes at their cores that voraciously consume surrounding matter, ejecting powerful, high-velocity plasma jets into space....

After 40 years of hunting the Milky Way’s giant arc, astronomers uncovered a hidden clue that reveals an even stranger nearby structure. For forty years astronomers have debated the nature of a striking radio feature that arches away from the Milky...

as cosmic probes, revealing how gas is displaced from galaxies by energetic phenomena like stellar feedback and supermassive black holes. The findings provide new constraints on the complex interplay between galactic feedback and the clustering of...

A stunning new Hubble Space Telescope image unveils the unusual structure and mysterious, unconventional rotation of the spiral galaxy NGC 4698. A striking new capture from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled a bizarre structural anomaly...

NASA has revealed the mysterious origins of a hidden structure located behind the Milky Way, shedding new light on its turbulent cosmic history. Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have finally decoded the origin of a mysterious,...

Astronomers have finally detected a powerful, long-hidden galactic signal that slipped past traditional search methods. Could more be hiding in the dark? Astronomers have identified a colossal radio galaxy that appears to shatter existing records for...