Red specks in the early universe are puzzling astronomers, but a proposed explanation suggests they are the progenitors of ...

Astrophysicists have teased a hellish potential future in which life on Earth is extinguished by deadly radiation from the ...

Scientists have detected radio signals from hot gas surrounding a supermassive black hole that existed 12.9 billion years ago ...

"Could our galaxy one day experience similar high-energy phenomena that will have serious consequences for the survival of ...

Don't worry, there's no need to be concerned of encountering a black hole anytime soon, but here's what would happen to your ...

An international team of researchers used multi-wavelength observations of active galactic nuclei to study how black holes ...

"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...

Fast-moving stars in the Milky Way received a powerful kick from the Large Magellanic Cloud — and a central black hole might ...

"Many supermassive black holes may lie concealed within dusty regions of the early universe, undetected," said astronomer Takafumi Tsukui.

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

Astronomers have uncovered a spiral galaxy nearly a billion light-years away that hosts a supermassive black hole launching ...

In a new book release, two scientists combine forces to explain the discoveries, developments and theories made in the realm ...