The colossal black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning almost as fast as its maximum rotation rate ...

Astronomers detect an ultramassive black hole weighing 36 billion suns in the galaxy LRG 3-757, a record thanks to gravitational lenses.

In showing exactly what it takes to resist the ever-growing power of a fascist empire, Disney's "Andor" serves as both a ...

Surveying nearby galaxies in the process of merging with other galaxies, astronomers have identified massive, dense star ...

A massive barred spiral galaxy from 11.1 billion years ago has been discovered, showing star-forming activity and gas ...

The famous black hole M87 keeps surprising us. New research calculates its spin speed to be at 80% of the theoretical limit, ...

Left: Near-infrared image of a nearby galaxy VV114 and the background monster barred spiral galaxy J0107a at z=2.433 captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA. Right: Stellar and ...

"The galaxy is a monster galaxy with a high star formation rate and plenty of gas, much more than present-day galaxies," said astronomer Shuo Huang of the National Astronomical Observatory of ...

They found that compared to modern galaxies, this monster galaxy has important similarities in shape and differences in the gas motion. This discovery improves our understanding of how barred ...

Located in the constellation Cetus, J0107a is a "monster" galaxy, meaning a galaxy growing rapidly in the early Universe by forming many new stars. Because they are located far away, it has been ...