Astronomers have observed the largest and most distant flare ever observed from a supermassive black hole. Dubbed “Superman,” the flash originated 10 billion light-years from Earth, and the light emitted at its peak was 10 trillion solar rays. The source of the flash is the active galactic nucleus, or AGN – the bright, compact region … Read more
Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission when you make a purchase through links to our articles. (Left): Illustration of a feeding supermassive black hole. (Right) “Red dots” identified in the region of sky around the quasar J1030. BiRD is a central object: it stands out from the other red dots because it … Read more
Sometimes it feels like we arrived late to the galaxy party and everyone has already gone home. Our species only figured out how to get into orbit in the last century. Since then, we’ve flown explorers to the Moon and sent space probes throughout our solar system. During the first few decades of space exploration, … Read more
Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission when you make a purchase through links to our articles. Composite image of three infrared wavelengths captured by JWST showing the jet ejecting from the Messier 87 supermassive black hole. | Credit: Image reproduced from: Röder J et al (2025), Astronomy & Astrophysics 701: L12. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202556577. … Read more
When you buy through our articles links, Future and its syndication partners can earn commissions. The JWST reveals the M87 jet (pink), extending through a vague purple background, with knots, turns and even a weak opposite flow from the Galaxy black hole. ; | Credit: Jan Röder, Maciek Wielgus et al., Astronomy and astrophysics (2025) … Read more
When you buy through our articles links, Future and its syndication partners can earn commissions. Simulated black hole view in front of a large magellanic cloud. | Credit: Alain R, CC by-Sa 2.5 Star black holes are formed by the collapse of massive stars at the end of their lives, usually weighing 3 to 50 … Read more
When you buy through our articles links, Future and its syndication partners can earn commissions. Supermassive black hole images in the heart of the Galaxy M87, taken in the Horizon Telescope, showing its changing polarization of its magnetic field. | Credit: EHT cooperation The Horizon Telescope (EHT) captured stunning, newly revealed images of supermassive black … Read more
When you buy through our articles links, Future and its syndication partners can earn commissions. (Main) The theoretical “black hole stars” (inserted) JWST illustration. | Credit: T. Müller/a. De Graaf/Max Planck Institute of Astronomy New research shows that “small red dots” in the early universe can actually be a new space of the space object: … Read more
When you buy through our articles links, Future and its syndication partners can earn commissions. The gravitational waves erupted from his daughter’s black hole created by the merger of the black hole. | Credit: Institute of Galician High Energy Physics Astronomers for the first time a newborn newborn black hole speed and direction due to … Read more
When you buy through our articles links, Future and its syndication partners can earn commissions. The intervention galaxy leans over and increases the light from the background quasi RX J1131, creating four different images (shown in pink). The tiny flicker of these images allowed astronomers for the first time to measure the size of the … Read more