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NASA telescope spots 'cosmic fireworks' and faint echos from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAn image of the heart of the Milky Way showing an X-ray flare. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech...
12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThese simulations "capture the overall large-scale structure [of the universe] but also are able to...
Massive black holes may eat differently in small galaxies than in large ones
Astronomy Magazine· 14 hours agoIt’s well known that all massive galaxies like the Milky Way host supermassive black holes millions...
At the heart of this distant galaxy lies not 1, but 2 jet-blasting black holes
Space via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoA quasar is the extremely active core of a distant galaxy. This activity is the product of a ...
Secondary Supermassive Black Hole In Exceptional Pair Observed Directly For First Time
IFLScience· 4 days agoAt the heart of the galaxy OJ 287 is a supermassive black hole, like almost every other galaxy, but...
Supermassive black hole's "wind" shapes surrounding galaxy
Newsweek· 6 days agoAccelerating "wind" from black holes may help shape the galaxies surrounding them, a new study suggests. A team of astronomers, including from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University ...
Space Winds Unleashed: First Map of Outflows From Nearby Quasar I Zwicky 1
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoI Zwicky 1. Quasars are bright cores of galaxies powered by the supermassive black hole in their...
Most Distant Pair Of Merging Quasars Spotted Just 900 Million Years After The Big Bang
IFLScience· 15 hours agoAstronomers have found a pair of quasars in the process of merging during the final periods of...
Ancient “Monster” Black Holes Revealed: MIT Astronomers Capture Elusive Starlight From Early Quasars
SciTechDaily· 4 days agoMIT astronomers have observed the faint starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the...
Scientists may have found an answer to the mystery of dark matter. It involves an unexpected...
CNN.com· 17 hours agoExplore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. For...