Ancient galaxies colloquially known as "little red dots" have proven a mystery ever since astronomers discovered them three ...

Black holes don’t just bend space and time; they expose where our understanding of reality starts to break.  In this video, ...

Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) went into operation, red dots in its images have puzzled researchers around the ...

James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest little red dots are early supermassive black holes, providing insights into cosmic evolution within the first billion years of the universe.

When astronomers look deep into the early universe, the expectation is simple. You should see young galaxies still assembling ...

A comprehensive set of simulations by Flatiron Institute astrophysicists and their colleagues revealed that magnetic fields are responsible for creating black holes with masses in a range previously ...

Black holes are not cosmic vacuum cleaners. They are among the universe’s most extreme objects - and come in different sizes.

This artist’s illustration depicts a dwarf galaxy that hosts an active galactic nucleus — an actively feeding black hole. In the background are many other dwarf galaxies hosting active black holes, as ...

In a new study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, astronomers have made an extraordinary breakthrough by observing the ...

One of the first black holes ever imaged is even stranger than we thought, new images of its dramatically changing environment reveal. The object, known as M87*, has experienced unexpected changes in ...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the cosmos, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a terrifying, roving, oft-invisible monster dubbed "Space Jaws." Lurking 600 million ...

Astronomers have delivered the first image of two orbiting supermassive black holes. Credit: Mauri J. Valtonen et al. / https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2510.06744 ...