Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have detected the largest black hole jet ever seen in the early universe. It's twice as long as the Milky Way.

Black holes and soccer balls don't have much in common, but if black holes are curved when kicked, it might say something ...

Astronomers have discovered a truly ancient monster: a radio jet 200,000 light-years wide, originating from when the universe ...

Astronomers are very familiar with the twin jets launched from the poles of supermassive black holes. These structures can ...

The giant jet flips the script on the origins of these structures, which were once thought to be linked only to extremely ...

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

These jets become elusive the farther back in time astronomers try to look because of the so-called cosmic microwave ...

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...

A new form of black hole archeology, linking spin to gas and dust, has revealed that these cosmic titans spin faster than ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...