Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have detected the largest black hole jet ever seen in the early universe. It's twice as long as the Milky Way.

Astronomers have discovered a truly ancient monster: a radio jet 200,000 light-years wide, originating from when the universe ...

Black holes and soccer balls don't have much in common, but if black holes are curved when kicked, it might say something ...

The giant jet flips the script on the origins of these structures, which were once thought to be linked only to extremely ...

New details have been discovered about M87*, the first black hole ever photographed, revealing its plasma, its brightness and ...

Scientists have discovered that some supermassive black holes rotate much more rapidly than expected. The discovery came as ...

Astronomers are very familiar with the twin jets launched from the poles of supermassive black holes. These structures can ...

These jets become elusive the farther back in time astronomers try to look because of the so-called cosmic microwave ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a "200,000 light-year-long trail of newborn stars" that may have been left behind by a ...

By combining data from NASA’s IRAS and NuSTAR telescopes, scientists have uncovered more hidden supermassive black holes than earlier estimates suggested. Their findings indicate that over a third of ...

Astronomers have identified a quasar that may help explain how the universe’s “dark ages” finally ended. Astronomers have ...