Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...

Astronomers have discovered a truly ancient monster: a radio jet 200,000 light-years wide, originating from when the universe ...

Researchers said on Thursday that they had discovered twin-lobed radio jets they suspect were formed when the universe was ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a "200,000 light-year-long trail of newborn stars" that may have been left behind by a ...

New research shows black holes can trigger gas cooling, creating fuel for their own feeding. This process keeps them growing ...

The probability of humanity being the sole technological civilization in the observable universe is considered to be less ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. At the same time several telescopes, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory ...

Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause ...

Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals ...