The Hubble Space Telescope has once again provided astronomers with invaluable insights into the mysteries of the universe.

Astronomers have witnessed a distant supermassive black hole devouring its surrounding matter so rapidly that it is "burping" ...

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Because of the dimming effects of dust, active galactic nuclei are even more powerful than had been realized. The results imply that in the ultraviolet, where most of the energy is radiated, a typical ...

A grand spiral galaxy takes center stage in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy, known as NGC 5643, is ...

Scientists have never directly detected dark matter, but some wonder if one high-energy detection in 2023 could be a rare ...

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2,500 New Active Black Holes Identified, Raising Questions About How They Evolve Dark Energy ... 2025 10:15 PM Feb 19, 2025 10:10 PM. This artist’s illustration depicts a dwarf galaxy that hosts an ...

"The galaxy SDSS1335+0728, previously stable for two decades, exhibited an increase in optical brightness in December 2019, followed by persistent active galactic nucleus (AGN)-like variability ...

A spiral galaxy with an ‘active galactic nucleus’ shows off in a new JWST image. By Laura Baisas. Published Aug 9, 2024 11:35 AM EDT.

They explain in their paper that this SMBH—an active galactic nucleus called 1ES 1927+654 (or 1ES) and located many millions of lightyears away—is showing a pulsation pattern never seen before.

This active galactic nucleus (AGN) flared so brightly that AT 2021hdr was almost mistaken for a supernova. Repeating flares soon ruled that out.