Astronomers have identified a nearby galaxy whose central activity seems to be changing its long-term future. This galaxy, VV 340a, contains a superma.

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has mapped a magnetic ...

Combining observations from several powerful telescopes, astronomers have detected a gargantuan, 'wobbling' black hole ...

Massive stars have an outsized influence on their environment and the galaxies they call home. These behemoths have the highest surface temperatures of any normal stars, so they emit copious amounts ...

FAST observations reported by Universe Today and the University of Hong Kong identify a repeating fast radio burst whose ...

When astronomers look out into the cosmos, they see supermassive black holes (SMBH) in two different states. In one state, ...

A Sun-type star situated nearly 3,000 light-years from Earth has provided astronomers with a unique opportunity to observe an ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a young star flinging heat-formed crystals outward on a cosmic conveyor belt, ...

Scientists observe a supermassive black hole that has become active again after nearly 100 million years without any activity ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed the central regions of the Circinus Galaxy in unprecedented detail. The ...

A newly identified quasar shows sustained growth beyond the Eddington limit, prompting new examination of accretion physics, radiation trapping and jet activity in early supermassive black holes.

"We used to think that only very simple molecules could be created in these clouds. But we have shown that this is clearly ...