Out of curiosity, they reviewed an image of V404 Cygni — a black hole about 8,000 light years from Earth that was one of the very first objects ever to be confirmed as a black hole, in 1992.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers discovered an "extremely red," growing supermassive black hole powering a quasar that existed 700 million years after the Big Bang.

Supermassive black holes are some of the densest objects found within our universe. These cosmic objects are so heavy that ...

A new University of Leicester study shows how the uncontrolled growth of a distant supermassive black hole (SMBH) is revealed ...

An “extremely red” supermassive black hole in the early universe has been detected by astronomers from Ben Gurion University of the Negev, after analyzing images from the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Nasa's newly discovered super-red black hole appearance of early universe-lensed quasar. By Web Desk. February 27, 2024. A representational image of a super-red black hole. — Dan Wilkins/File.

A new paper claims astronomers discovered an ultramassive black hole heavier than any other black hole we've ever measured.

Simulation of the supermassive black hole binary system PG 1302-102. The smaller shines more brightly because it's farther from the center of mass and thus closer to the outer disk of gas.

Supermassive black hole found only half a billion years after Big Bang There just isn't time for something that big to grow from a supernova remnant. John Timmer – Nov 6, 2023 5:45 pm | 132 ...

These newly found, "red dot" black hole regions could be different from other quasars, even those the JWST has already seen in the early universe. For instance, the red dot black holes seem to ...

Scientists revealed Tuesday that galaxy PBC J2333.9-2343 has been reclassified as a supermassive black hole ... “So far we have found two large near-Earth asteroids that are about 1 ...

According to NASA, supermassive black holes—often found at the heart of galaxies—are astronomical objects with a gravitational pull so strong that not even light can escape it that are so ...