Massive stars about eight times more massive than the sun explode as supernovae at the end of their lives. The explosions, ...
Astounding simulation shows magnetic fields create fluffy, not flat, accretion disks around supermassive black holes, ...
But the Webb may have just identified a solution to the dilemma as well. It has spotted a black hole that appears to have ...
New research reveals how supermassive black holes halt star formation, shedding light on galaxy evolution in the early ...
The outward force from its fusion can no longer counteract the star's powerful gravity, and the star collapses in on itself.
Astronomers have found what could be described as the universe's hungriest black hole – one that's breaking fundamental ...
New research sheds light on how a pair of unusual black holes may have been able to keep their companion stars alive — and at a distance.
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Chandra X-ray Observatory helped identify the “fastest-feeding black hole” - LID-568.
An artist's conception of the distant black hole LID-568. Credit: NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / J. da Silva / M. Zamani The powerful James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a phenomenon once thought ...