black holes

This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument highlights Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB) 230307A and its associated kilonova, as well as its former home galaxy, among their local environment of other galaxies and foreground stars

NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures Second-Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Ever SeenOctober 27, 2023

This is an artist’s concept of a galaxy with a brilliant quasar at its center.

Cosmic Phenomena

Cosmic Dust, Radio Emissions Help Astronomers Unravel Secrets Of Red QuasarsOctober 24, 2023

In this illustration, light from a smaller black hole (left) curves around a larger black hole and forms an almost-mirror image on the other side.

Cosmic Phenomena

New Theory Shows Why Black Holes Might Not Be Lone Giants After AllOctober 20, 2023

This artist's impression is of a supermassive black hole that is inside the dust-shrouded core of a vigorously star-forming "starburst" galaxy.

Cosmic Phenomena

Astronomers Discover Celestial ‘Ballet’ Between Supermassive Black Holes, Host GalaxiesOctober 18, 2023

Schematic representation of the tilted accretion disk model

Cosmic Phenomena

M87’s Famous Supermassive Black Hole Is Spinning, Scientists ConfirmSeptember 29, 2023

This still from a simulation shows how a supermassive black hole's accretion disk can rip into two subdisks, which are misaligned in this image.

Cosmic Phenomena

No manners! Black holes devour their meals much faster than scientists thoughtSeptember 22, 2023

A disk of hot gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration.

Cosmic Phenomena

Astronomers discover one of the most dramatic ‘switches on’ of a black hole ever seenSeptember 20, 2023

In this artist's concept, a supermassive black hole pulls a stream of gas off a star that passes too close.

Cosmic Phenomena

‘Missing Link’: Scientists Discover Black Hole ‘Taking Bites’ From Sun-Like StarSeptember 8, 2023

DESI is making a 3D map of the universe to better understand dark energy.

Planets & Stars

Millions Of New Images Featuring Distant Galaxies, Black Holes, Stars Added To 3D Universe MapAugust 22, 2023

This deep galaxy field from Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) shows an arrangement of 10 distant galaxies marked by eight white circles in a diagonal, thread-like line.

JWST Reveals Thread-Like Structure of Galaxies in Early UniverseJuly 28, 2023