Hubble’s image of Markarian 231 reveals the nearest quasar to Earth, 600 million light-years away, with two supermassive black holes. Hubble’s image shows a spiral galaxy passing through NGC 1275, ...

Rethinking the Underlying Trigger of Quasar Jets Building on the groundbreaking 2020 discovery of newborn jets in several ...

Using the aging Hubble Space Telescope, Achenbach spotted an unusual spiral galaxy quasar with a visible jet. This calls into ...

"Finding more supermassive black ... hole-powered quasar that may have helped "turn on the lights" in the early universe The intense brightening and dimming of this quasar was observed by NASA's ...

NGC 5548 is a turbulent galaxy that exhibits complex absorption features and X-ray spectral variations. The "obscurer" is an outflowing stream of weakly ionized gas that was discovered in 2007. AFGL ...

This rare quasar with spiral arms could help astronomers understand how supermassive black holes feed and grow.

Surrounded by glowing discs of swirling gas, quasars emit immense light that can be seen across vast cosmic distances.

Black holes are among the most intriguing phenomena in our universe. From the pictures of our galaxy ... Now, though, NASA has actually watched a black hole eat a star. To get a good view ...

The night sky has always played a crucial role in navigation, from early ocean crossings to modern GPS. Besides stars, the United States Navy uses quasars as beacons. Quasars are distant galaxies with ...

Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole-powered quasar that may have helped "turn on the lights" in the early universe The intense brightening and dimming of this quasar was observed by ...

Surrounding this black hole is the quasar APM ... Read Also: NASA spots 'Christmas tree' and 'cosmic wreath' displaying star cycle in space; see images Astronomers recently found water vapour ...