Astronomers were puzzled by a black hole around 50 million times the mass of the sun with no stars, spotted by the James Webb ...

Astronomers have found a system of three supermassive black holes, all actively feeding, that appear to be combining into a ...

Leading X-ray space telescopes XMM-Newton and XRISM have spotted a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole. In ...

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile have discovered "signs of a ‘hot spot’ ...

A black hole the mass of at least ten million suns is tearing through space, fast enough to escape its home galaxy. As it goes, it plows into thin galactic gas, piling it up into a luminous shock ...

A supermassive black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 3783 just delivered an X-ray surprise that astronomers have never watched ...

In any other year, the supermassive black hole mentioned above would probably scoop the award for most striking outburst, but not in 2025. This year, that accolade goes to a flare designated ...

Astronomers have confirmed the first known triple system in which all three galaxies host actively feeding, radio-bright ...

Scientists say they've spotted the first runaway supermassive black hole that's rocketing away from its home at a staggering speed.

A supermassive black hole that’s 10 million times the mass of the Sun is hurtling through space, leaving a trail of gas ...

Supermassive black holes are an anomaly that sits quietly at the centers of galaxies, holding gas and stars closer with their ...

Supermassive black holes, which can possess millions to billions of times the mass of our Sun, are believed to grow by consuming material and merging with other black holes during galactic collisions.