Gravitational lensing is a phenomenon caused by massive objects bending the fabric space-time around them due to the impact ...

New research reveals that active supermassive black holes can suppress star formation in neighboring galaxies across vast ...

Astronomers have used the LOFAR telescope array to create the largest radio survey of the cosmos, revealing 13.7 million ...

The image of supermassive black hole Sagittarius A * was created using data from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. At the same time several telescopes, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory ...

NASA compares the universe's biggest black holes with "each other and to our solar system," in this Goddard Space Flight ...

An exotic type of dark matter could explain some of the characteristics of our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, but ...

Scientists have discovered that active supermassive black holes don't just kill their home galaxies, but can also eradicate star formation for their neighbors.

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies ...

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

New research suggests active supermassive black holes can suppress star formation in distant galaxies, extending their influence beyond their host galaxies.

Supermassive black hole binaries form naturally when galaxies merge, but scientists have only confidently observed a very few of these systems that are widely separated. Black hole binaries that ...