Ancient quasars seen by the James Webb Space Telescope technically shouldn’t exist, but one rare type of dark matter could ...
Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) were first theorized to exist in the late 1980s. In 2005, the first discoveries were confirmed.
Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal monster black holes in the early universe that seem to have grown too ...
A recent study offers a new explanation for the rapid growth of supermassive black holes in the early universe, proposing ...
A new form of black hole archeology, linking spin to gas and dust, has revealed that these cosmic titans spin faster than ...
Researchers propose a new physics model suggesting dark matter played a crucial role in the rapid formation of supermassive ...
Researchers using the Event Horizon Telescope have significantly advanced our understanding of the supermassive black hole at ...
Their model shows that almost all of the stars ... More information: Jiwon Jesse Han et al, Hypervelocity Stars Trace a Supermassive Black Hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, arXiv (2025).
Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...
Nevertheless, this model remains at best an educated guess ... environments could unlock many more mysteries about supermassive black holes. “It’s not just about observing the static universe ...
Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause ...