The Astrophysical Journal Letters announces a discovery that could upend our perception of supermassive black holes.
What are the little red dots discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope? These X-rays may offer a clue.
A galaxy that existed when the universe was barely a billion years old is forcing astronomers to reconsider what the first ...
Just 500 million years after the Big Bang, a colossal black hole, 300 million times the mass of the Sun, was already blazing at the heart of a tiny, brilliant galaxy. Found with JWST, this discovery ...
Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing clues of a dramatic cosmic history. The star, which quietly orbits a ...
When the James Webb Space Telescope sent its first high-definition infrared images back to Earth, astronomers noticed several tiny, glowing, crimson stains. These objects, quickly named “Little Red ...
Scientists may have discovered an explanation for a cosmic mystery uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope several years ago: the origin of "little red dots" scattered across the cosmos. In ...
One of the most puzzling findings from the JWST's observations of the early universe is the size of black holes. According to ...
Illustration of the underlying astrophysical processes that suppress star formation in red geyser galaxies, according to this new study. Galaxy interactions transfer cool gas clouds that fall into ...