Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the VLT have revealed jets blasting from supermassive black holes cause ...

Astronomers have taken a crucial step in showing that the most massive black holes in the universe can create their own meals ...

Supermassive black holes can fuel their own growth by cooling and recycling gas, creating a continuous cycle of feeding and ...

Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...

“We first identified this unusual object through Chandra X-ray ... invisible in the deepest optical and near-infrared observations, even with the Hubble Space Telescope,” Suh, the lead ...

Chandra’s ability to “see” X-rays ... a more complete picture of a cosmic object. The Hubble Space Telescope contributed optical observations to researchers’ understanding of the nebula.

This supermassive black hole-food cooling process was discovered by astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to observe some of the universe's most ...

This supermassive black hole-food cooling process was discovered by astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope and the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to observe some of the universe's most massive ...