Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have separated the light of a quasar from the light of its surrounding stars ...
Einstein's general theory of relativity predicted that so-called 'plunging regions' around black holes would accelerate ...
Webb’s 120-hour observations reveal that some of the “earliest monster black holes grew from massive cosmic seeds.” “After ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have gotten the first-ever look at the light of ancient stars shining around some of the biggest, brightest and oldest black holes in the ...
MIT astronomers observed starlight around ancient quasars, offering insights into early black holes and galaxies.
MIT astronomers have observed the elusive starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the universe. The distant ...
Black holes are regions in space where an enormous amount of mass is packed into a tiny volume. This creates a gravitational pull so strong that not even light can escape. They are created when giant ...
NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has spotted the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy erupting, proving even quiet black holes like Sagittarius A* need to vent sometimes.
Black holes are points in space that are so dense they create deep gravity sinks. Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that ...
WATCH: Here’s the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our ...
Black holes have a profound impact on their environments. As gas falls towards a super-massive black hole its gravitational potential energy can be converted to heat and light, in some instances ...