APM 08279-5255 is a massive black hole (quasar) that contains about 140 trillion times the amount in all of Earth’s oceans ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This image, taken by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, shows the eerie glow of a gigantic energy ...

For roughly half a century, astrophysicists have treated the behavior of matter around supermassive black holes as a solved ...

A supermassive black hole in the early Universe has been spotted blasting out powerful jets of plasma that are at least twice as long as the Milky Way is wide. Its host galaxy is a quasar called ...

A team led by University of Arizona astronomers has discovered the most distant quasar ever found, and they believe it was fully formed 670 million years ago after the big bang. Credit: Illustration ...

It shines with great luminosity, as do other quasars, because a black hole at the center of the quasar eats gas and dust, spewing out massive amounts of energy as the material spirals toward the ...

Black hole science in 2025 did not advance in gentle increments. It lurched forward in giant steps, from record shattering ...

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Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...