After decades of searching, astronomers have imaged two supermassive black holes in orbit around each other at the heart of ...

An international team of astronomers has used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe a well-known ...

For the first time, astronomers have managed to capture a radio image showing two black holes orbiting each other. The ...

Scientists have shot two black holes orbiting each other, offering the first ever definitive proof that these intergalactic ...

Astronomers have successfully captured an image of two black holes orbiting each other, confirming they can exist in pairs.

The first-ever sighting of starlight from a galaxy hosting one of the most distant quasars known has revealed an astronomical oddity. Quasars — blazingly bright galactic cores — owe their brilliance ...

A black hole in a distant quasar is growing faster than the usual limit, according to Chandra observations. This may explain ...

Astronomers have detected an intensely brightening and dimming quasar that may help explain how some objects in the early universe grew at a highly accelerated rate. The discovery is the most distant ...

Quasars are the bright centers of young galaxies powered by supermassive black holes. Most quasars are very distant and faint, making them difficult to observe. One quasar, 0957+561, is ...

Active black holes can emit a jet of particles as they feed on material that surrounds them. The team behind these new images ...