The newly discovered "blazar," which has a mass equal to 700 million suns, is the oldest of its kind ever seen and changes ...

A supermassive black hole has been discovered by astronomers that's shooting a giant energy beam directly at Earth.

Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the ...

A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could ...

Astronomers detected X-ray flashes from the black hole that increased in frequency from one every 18 minutes to one every ...

Marcus Chown’s “A Crack in Everything” is a journey through space and time with the people studying one of the most enigmatic ...

"Finding more supermassive black holes that are potentially hosting jets raises the question as to how these black holes grew ...

Supermassive black holes with powerful jets of high-energy particles, pointing directly at Earth are called blazars.

NASA telescopes reveal 35% of supermassive black holes are hidden by dust, reshaping theories about their role in galaxy ...

A strange black hole is making scientists scratch their heads.

Astronomers have detected the most ancient blazar ever observed, originating from the early universe and emitting a beam of ...