Tag: Supermassive

A simulation of gas swirling around a black hole. The colors show the density of the gas, with brighter colors ...

An illustration of cosmic winds blowing from a supermassive black hole. (Image credit: NASA/CXC and Nahks Tr'Ehnl) A bright quasar, powered by a ...

An illustration of the long-dormant black hole "waking up" as a glut of gas and dust pours into its maw. ...

This week, science reporter Isaac Schultz described a groundbreaking effort to measure the spin of a supermassive black hole, and ...

By NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center May 9, 2024This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4951, ...

A second black hole dives through the accretion disc of its supermassive companion, causing cosmic "hiccups." (Image credit: Jose - ...

A team of astronomers using the JWST has discovered an unusually red, gravitationally lensed supermassive black hole from the early ...

Published Feb 11th, 2024 6:18PM EST The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way may look more ...

An image of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, which scientists think is spinning as ...

News Science & Astronomy An illustration shows a supermassive black hole blasting out a twisted jet. (Image credit: An illustration ...