Supermassive black holes are often regarded as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful ...

Centaurus A is what is known as a peculiar galaxy, located some 12 million light-years from the Milky Way. There are many characteristics that make it an oddball, including an array of orbiting ...

Our local group of galaxies are not dw1322m2053’s nearest neighbors, that status goes to fellow dwarf KKs 53 at the edge of the group containing the huge elliptical galaxy Centaurus A.

The supermassive black hole at the heart of the Centaurus A galaxy blasts out powerful radio jets as it ejects material into space at near light speed. The weaving of stars around the Milky Way's ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...

NGC 2090 - A Flaky Disc: NGC 2090 is a spiral galaxy which is located in the constellation Columba. This galaxy played a ...

New research shows black holes can trigger gas cooling, creating fuel for their own feeding. This process keeps them growing ...

The universe's most massive black holes fuel themselves by cooling gas around them, astronomers have found. Using data from ...

Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause ...

Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery about black holes, revealing that these cosmic giants can essentially cook ...

Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals ...