"Theories involving substantial formation of stars prior to or together with the black hole formation and growth are very ...

A faraway galaxy's core is the largest ever seen, and it may have been puffed up by the merger of two black holes, a new study reports. The core of the elliptical galaxy A2261-BCG is about 10,000 ...

Over the years, scientists studying space have spotted countless galaxies in all different phases of their lives. From newborn galaxies churning out new stars to … ...

New James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal that the galaxy GS-9209 had its star-forming power abruptly “quenched” by mysterious forces after millions of years of productivity.

A team led by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics discovered the most distant known fossil galaxy — a relic of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope near-infrared images of VV114, released in 2023, revealed that J0107a is an exceptionally massive example of a monster galaxy, with a mass more than ten times that ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has unveiled the closest-ever look at a monster black hole devouring ... P. M., & Sahlmann, J. (2024). 3C 273 host galaxy with Hubble Space Telescope coronagraphy ...

This stunning Hubble view of spiral galaxy UGC 11397 captures more than graceful arms and glowing stars—it hides a ravenous ...

It's home to a monster black hole The Large Magellanic Cloud, a close neighbor to the Milky Way, may house a giant black hole. It's the closest supermassive black hole outside of our galaxy. Space ...

Instead, this rampant black hole is speeding through space, leaving a wake of cosmic star formation in its path. Hubble observed the black hole, which astronomers say is as wide as 20 million suns.

Left: Near-infrared image of a nearby galaxy VV114 and the background monster barred spiral galaxy J0107a at z=2.433 captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.