Gravitational lensing is a phenomenon caused by massive objects bending the fabric space-time around them due to the impact ...

An exotic type of dark matter could explain some of the characteristics of our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, but ...

Astronomers have used the LOFAR telescope array to create the largest radio survey of the cosmos, revealing 13.7 million ...

NASA compares the universe's biggest black holes with "each other and to our solar system," in this Goddard Space Flight ...

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

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

New research suggests that the heart of the Milky Way may be dominated by a dense clump of dark matter rather than the ...

Intense radiation emitted by active supermassive black holes—thought to reside at the center of most, if not all, galaxies—can slow star growth not just in their host galaxy, but also in galaxies ...

Supermassive black hole binaries form naturally when galaxies merge, but scientists have only confidently observed a very few of these systems that are widely separated. Black hole binaries that ...

A supermassive black hole in J1007+3540 has roared back to life after 100 million years, firing jets across nearly one million light years and revealing a turbulent battle inside a galaxy cluster.

Learn how supermassive black holes may be suppressing star formation in nearby galaxies.

For a single supermassive black hole, extremely strong lensing occurs only when a star lies almost exactly along the line of ...