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 ...

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

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

Event Horizon Telescope: Moving Towards a Close-Up of a Black Hole and Its Jets Dec. 17, 2024 — After taking the first images of black ... using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift ...

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 ...

This discovery, involving the blazar J0410-0139, offers insights into the formation of early supermassive black holes and suggests the presence of many other similar cosmic entities from that era.

The images reveal new details about how black holes interact with their surroundings. The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), located on Mount Graham in Arizona, features two 8.4-meter mirrors mounted ...