Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.

Astrophysicists have created terrifying simulations that reveal how black holes naturally create dazzling displays detected ...

The team used two of the most powerful supercomputers, capable of performing a quintillion operations per second.

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a "200,000 light-year-long trail of newborn stars" that may have been left behind by a ...

In fact, these jets often expand into wide plumes or “lobes” that fan out far above and below their host galaxies. The jets ...

Surprisingly, some of the universe's brightest objects are black holes. As scorching gas and dust flow around and into a ...