Advances and the arrival of new technologies have allowed astronomy, the science that studies celestial bodies and phenomena ...

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

Hubble spotted a rare off-center black hole shredding a star, revealing the first optical discovery of a wandering ...

Thanks to its cosmic closeness, Hubble reveals exquisite details in NGC 4941, including individual star clusters and ...

A distant supermassive black hole has stunned astronomers by expelling matter at speeds nearing a third of light velocity after consuming material at an extreme rate. Designated PG1211+143, this ...

This galaxy is observed as part of a survey for a dataset about nearby AGNs, which will serve as a resource for astronomers investigating AGN physics, black holes, host galaxy structure, and more.

A groundbreaking discovery has emerged from a recent study led by astronomers from Tsinghua University in Beijing. The research, published on June 11, reveals an intriguing cosmic phenomenon known as ...

The bright, compact, central portion of the galaxy, known as the active galactic nucleus, was nicknamed "Ansky." "The galaxy SDSS1335+0728, previously stable for two decades, exhibited an increase ...

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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 artist’s illustration depicts a dwarf galaxy that hosts an active galactic nucleus — an actively feeding black hole. In the background are many other dwarf galaxies hosting active black holes, as ...