To put that into perspective, the universe is now about 13.8 billion years old. The discovery could provide insight into ...

A team of astronomers believe they have found a black hole in the early universe gobbling down matter at a rate of 40 times ...

Black holes are fascinating objects. They're unimaginably dense: If Earth was (hypothetically) crushed into a black hole, it ...

This discovery of a black hole in rapid growth mode shortly after the universe’s formation offers new insights into the ...

The black hole's voracious appetite, which has allowed it to pile on more than seven million solar masses in just 12 million ...

As we gaze into the universe, we've discovered most galaxies have a supermassive black hole lurking near the center.

LID-568 was previously identified by the Chandra X-ray Observatory, but observing it was challenging due to its faint ...

Scientists have found the "hungriest" black hole that is "feasting" on matter faster than experts previously thought possible ...

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

A team of U.S. astronomers discovered a supermassive black hole that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate—40x the ...

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

Understanding how these black holes managed to grow so rapidly in the early universe has posed significant challenges.