Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to ...

This black hole’s ‘feast’ could help astronomers explain how supermassive black holes grew so quickly in the early Universe.

Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the early universe that is consuming matter at an astonishing rate—more than 40 ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted a feeding black hole in the early universe that seems to be eating 40 times faster than is theoretically possible.

At the heart of our Milky Way galaxy lurks a supermassive black hole about four million times the mass of the sun, called ...

Astronomers have found what could be described as the universe's hungriest black hole – one that's breaking fundamental ...

Using data from NASA’s JWST and Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of U.S. National Science Foundation NOIRLab astronomers ...

This artist’s illustration shows a rapidly feeding black hole that is emitting powerful gas outflows. Using data from NASA's JWST and Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of U.S. National Science ...

A low-mass supermassive black hole appears to be consuming matter at over 40 times the theoretical limit. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered LID-568, a supermassive black hole ...

But the Webb may have just identified a solution to the dilemma as well. It has spotted a black hole that appears to have ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Chandra X-ray Observatory helped identify the “fastest-feeding black hole” - LID-568.

Supermassive black holes exist at the center of most galaxies, and modern telescopes continue to observe them at surprisingly ...