Understanding how galaxies grow has long stood as one of astronomy’s core challenges. Over time, scientists have gathered ...
A massive collision between two asteroid-sized bodies around a nearby star offers a rare look at the violent process of ...
Astronomers have made a truly mind-boggling discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a runaway black hole 10 ...
The discovery of a hidden supermassive black hole inside an ancient galaxy suggests that some of our universe's most extreme objects could be invisible unless observed in infrared wavelengths, James ...
A new study, appearing in The Astrophysical Journal and based on observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, ...
Smaller black holes tend to attract less material, making them naturally dimmer. Chandra would miss many of these faint ...
Astronomers usually detect black holes by looking for X-rays. When gas and dust fall toward a black hole, they heat up and ...