Black holes may not be as life-destroying as we thought. A surprising study reveals that the powerful radiation from active ...

What's on and in a star? What happens in an active galactic nucleus? Answering those questions is the goal of a proposed ...

At the center of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. Interstellar gas ...

Although black hole radiation can be catastrophic in some cases, it may assist life once oxygen has accumulated in the planet ...

The most massive black holes can cover galaxies with immense radiation. However, this need not be harmful for possible ...

A surprising new study from Dartmouth and the University of Exeter researchers shows that when the supermassive black holes at the center of most large galaxies—including the Milky Way—consume ...

A deadly jet is now aimed at Earth—this is why you should care. A jet of high-energy particles from the active galactic nucleus AGN is directed toward Earth, which allows scientists to identify such ...

At the center of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, sits a supermassive black hole. Interstellar gas periodically falls into the orbit ...

The brightness of the Milky Way and the nucleus of the rest of the galaxies is a characteristic of most galaxies. This brightness is mainly a result of the dense population of stars within a galaxy’s ...

At the heart of most large galaxies, including our own Milky Way, lurks a supermassive black hole. These cosmic giants ...