If a star orbits a black hole, it will appear from a distance to be orbiting empty space. Gaia projects the star’s orbit on a ...

Astronomers have detected the largest black hole-launched jet ever seen in the early universe. The twin-lobed jet that existed when the universe was just 1.2 billion years old stretches out for an ...

However, a lingering question has remained: can black holes actively contribute to their own feeding process? A recent study provides compelling evidence that they can. The research was based on data ...

Astronomers have found that the largest black holes in the universe don’t just consume matter—they also help create it. (Centaurus Cluster composite image.) Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/V. Olivaresi et ...

The researchers who found Porphyrion then used the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in India and the VM Keck Observatory in Hawaii to pinpoint the black hole jet’s location to a galaxy ten times more ...

Supermassive black holes are often regarded as sources of wanton ... launched in 1999 to detect X-ray emissions throughout the universe. Cooler filaments represented by reddish-pink hues were ...

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