Supermassive black holes have long puzzled astronomers, particularly how they grow so large. An international team of astronomers, including...

Supermassive black holes pose unanswered questions for astronomers around the world, not least “How do they grow so big?” Now, an international...

Astronomers may have witnessed the massive black hole at the center of a distant galaxy suddenly roaring to life. This event, occurring 300 million...

Neutron stars are among the densest objects in the Universe, second only to black holes. Like black holes, neutron stars are what remains after a star...

Astrophysicists at Caltech have achieved a groundbreaking feat: they have simulated the journey of primordial gas from the early universe to the...

A supermassive black hole in the heart of a galaxy is the ultimate 800-pound gorilla of astrophysics. Not only do the most active ones suck in...

A group of astronomers from Yunnan University, the University of Utah, New Mexico State University, and the University of St Andrews have devised a...

Four and a half billion years ago, our solar system was a cloud of gas and dust swirling around the sun, until gas began to condense and accrete...

Astronomers, including Open University (OU) academics Helen Fraser and Hugh Dickinson and OU PhD student Zak Smith, have discovered the spectral...