Observations of a distant quasar reveal that supermassive black holes may suppress star formation across intergalactic distances.

The Hubble and Chandra space telescopes are hunting for rogue black holes wandering through dwarf galaxies, which could provide a fossil record of how supermassive black hole growth in the early ...

A ‘runaway’ black hole ejected from its host galaxy is barrelling across space — and leaving behind a wake of newborn stars.

The first months of 2024 have already delivered a series of striking scientific breakthroughs. Astronomers identified a massive cosmic structure known as the “Big Ring,” raising questions about ...

New research reveals that active supermassive black holes can halt star formation in neighboring galaxies, acting like cosmic serial killers across millions of light-years.

Scientists have discovered that active supermassive black holes don't just kill their home galaxies, but can also eradicate star formation for their neighbors.

From gamma ray bursts and supernova explosions to black holes and unknown alien life, we rank the scariest things in the ...

A proposed five-satellite Cosmic Positioning System could measure cosmic distances directly and help address discrepancies in the Hubble constant through solar system–scale triangulation.

Dr Sophie Koudmani, based at the University of Hertfordshire’s Centre for Astrophysics Research, has been awarded a Royal Society ...

If a pair of black holes coalesce into one, much of that vast energy can be released in a few seconds.

"This data provides us with rare insight into how galaxies were transformed in the early universe." ...

During the survey, researchers identified a promising 8.19-millisecond pulsar (MSP) candidate located close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.