Cosmological tensions grow. Two new early-universe clues.
Two independent studies published in early 2026 offer a sophisticated perspective on the structural evolution of the universe.…
Back from the dead, a black hole is erupting after a 100-million-year hiatus
Inside an incredibly bright cluster of galaxies, a long-dormant supermassive black hole has come back to life. Radio…
New Cosmological Simulations Shed Light on Growth of Black Holes in Early Universe
New state-of-the-art simulations by Maynooth University astronomers show that in the dense, turbulent dawn of the cosmos, ‘light…
Supermassive black hole grows 13 times faster than cosmic speed limits
Japanese astronomers have discovered an extraordinary supermassive black hole in the early universe that is growing at a…
Physicists Begin Building First-Ever Graviton Detector
Stevens Institute of Technology physicist Igor Pikovski and colleagues are developing the first experiment designed to capture individual…
Astronomers Captured a Rare Image of a Supermassive Black Hole Erupting Like a Cosmic Volcano After 100 million Years of Silence
This LOFAR DR2 image of J1007+3540 superimposed over an optical image by Pan-STARRS shows a compact, bright inner…
Black hole space volcano erupts after 100 million year nap
A supermassive black hole is reawakening inside a distant galaxy cluster—and after almost 100 million years of slumber,…
Early Universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Supermassive Black Holes, Astrophysicists Say
Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen show that the enigmatic ‘little red dots’ — red sources scattered across…
Rare class of galaxies shows how black holes shut down star birth
Some of the biggest galaxies in the universe stopped making stars billions of years ago, and even today,…
Astronomers Discover Triple System of Active Galactic Nuclei 1.2 Billion Light-Years Away
A rare trio of merging galaxies called J121/1219+1035 hosts three actively feeding, radio-bright supermassive black holes, according to…
Astronomers Spot Extraordinary Blast from Supermassive Black Hole in NGC 3783
Using ESA’s XMM-Newton and the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), a JAXA-led mission with ESA and NASA…
If you fell into a black hole, would you survive? What new research says about spaghettification |
Picture yourself drifting in space, caught in the pull of a black hole. The idea feels like pure…