An infinity symbol–shaped galaxy hosts an active supermassive black hole. The growing giant may have come from the aftermath of a galactic smashup.

“The gas spans the entire width of the system and was likely shocked and compressed at the collision site,” they and their ...

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Climate change is creating stronger turbulence. Aircraft designers hope innovative new techniques will reduce its effects.

Scientists working to study black holes use specific radio frequencies to track black holes, the same frequencies often used ...

Indian scientists using AstroSat have uncovered fascinating behavior in black hole GRS 1915+105. This discovery helps decode how black holes work, boosts India’s space research reputation and ...

Quasars are among the most powerful and mysterious objects in the universe,bright, energetic beacons powered by supermassive ...

Unlike active galaxies that constantly pull in surrounding material, these black holes lie dormant until a star passes by.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have teamed up to identify a new possible example of a ...

Astronomers at MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer through the ...

Astronomers confirmed the first case of a star surviving a black hole encounter, challenging long-held beliefs about tidal disruption events.

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