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

Researchers have found that the supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way galaxy, known as Sagittarius A*, is spinning so rapidly that it is altering the fabric of space-time around it.

An elusive type of black hole has been discovered in a neighboring galaxy for the first time, according to a new study based on observations from the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s ...

Distant galaxy has no more stars being born as a supermassive black hole strips away all the ... Willott, C. J. (2024). A fast-rotator post-starburst galaxy quenched by supermassive black-hole ...

The mass of gas being ejected from the galaxy is greater than what the galaxy would require to keep forming new stars. In essence, the black hole is starving the galaxy to death.

It's the closest supermassive black hole outside of our galaxy. Space. That galaxy next door? It's home to a monster black hole. March 6, 2025 1:05 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered.

The XMM Newton space telescope has seen a feeding supermassive black hole as it throws a galaxy-sized tantrum ‘flipping over the table’ and preventing its parent galaxy from birthing new stars.

Black holes are one of the most mysterious cosmic phenomena, despite how much we continue to learn about them. While considered a mathematical possibility for many years, the first black hole wasn ...

Astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole “starving” its host galaxy to death, offering new insight into the early universe. An international team led by the University of Cambridge ...