Astronomers have completed the most comprehensive census of active galactic nuclei (AGN) to date, providing the clearest ...
New research presented at an astronomy meeting shows that active black holes are more common in dwarf galaxies than earlier ...
Active galactic nuclei, energetic and luminous regions powered by an accreting supermassive black hole at the center of some galaxies, can launch a jet that drives a gas outflow, shaping star ...
The number of black holes they found in dwarf-sized galaxies far exceeded what they previously thought.
Blazars represent one of the most intriguing classes of active galactic nuclei, where relativistic jets are oriented close to our line of sight. This favourable geometry magnifies the observed ...
Some black holes, bound by gravity, rotate around each other, as shown in this simulated image. Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes Lensing (SXS), CC BY-SA Black holes are regions of space where gravity is ...
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Intermediate-mass black holes—somewhere between stellar-mass and supermassive—are the rarest type of black hole in the universe. 300 of these elusive black holes were recently observed by NSF ...
Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA has captured new insight into a black hole duo found at the center of two colliding galaxies. The two supermassive black holes ...
Marco Ajello receives funding from NASA and NSF. Jonathan Zrake receives funding from NASA and NSF. Black holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape from ...