According to a new study, some of the earliest galaxies observed with the James Webb Space Telescope are in fact much less massive than they first appeared. Black holes in some of these galaxies make ...

A giant rotating filament of the cosmic web may be the largest spinning structure ever seen, and could help reveal how ...

Euclid telescope data shows merging galaxies are 2–6 times more likely to host active supermassive black holes, revealing how ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Galaxies come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Some have buff ...

JWST recently caught three of the universe’s earliest galaxies in the act of pulling themselves together from a giant, dark cloud of hydrogen gas. The three dim spots of red light in a recent batch of ...

The filament is a part of the vast cosmic web composed primarily of dark matter and interspersed with lighter layers of ...

While nearly all massive galaxies possess central black holes, the presence of such black holes in dwarf galaxies remains an open question, with previous estimates identifying them in only 0.5% of ...

Clouds of gas in a distant galaxy are being pushed faster and faster -- at more than 10,000 miles per second -- out among neighboring stars by blasts of radiation from the supermassive black hole at ...

The discovery included 30,000 examples of the rarest known galaxy shape. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Citizen scientists and ...

It’s well known that all massive galaxies like the Milky Way host supermassive black holes millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun in their centers. These galaxies and their black holes are ...

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