Most supermassive black holes lurk in the nuclei of galaxies, surrounded by stars and glowing with haloes of superhot matter, ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole.

During the early scientific observations of the distant universe by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists began to notice a peculiar class of objects. They are very red, extremely compact, ...

The mystery of the James Webb Space Telescope's "little red dots" could be solved if they are not ancient galaxies but are ...

The signal, a gamma ray burst, kept repeating — which has never been seen before, and, according to astronomers, should be ...

From the early days of JWST's scientific observations of the distant universe, scientists started noticing a population of curious objects. They are very red, extremely compact, and there are a lot of ...

A newly discovered distant object that astronomers have dubbed “The Cliff” could solve a riddle posed by some of the first ...

For scientists, learning more about how black holes behave is essential to understanding how the universe works. A recent ...

Artist's rendering of the James Webb Telescope in space Editor at Large NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope continues to deliver the goods. Launched on Christmas Day, 2021, it has since sent back a ...

The deepest mysteries of the universe often begin with the biggest questions. Few are more puzzling than the birth of supermassive black holes. These giants, weighing millions to billions of times ...

Newly released images of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy M87 show that the plasma that swirls around ...