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

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

Infrared Astronomy Laboratory (NOIRLab) discovered a black hole they named 'LID-568' using data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. -568 is said to be a ...

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

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

Yet this particular black hole, dubbed LID-568, is feeding ravenously on matter at a rate 40 times faster than thought possible. "This black hole is having a feast," Julia Scharwächter ...

One of those objects, LID-568, stood out immediately. LID-568 has high X-ray emission from its central black hole, but Webb is the only instrument capable of gathering this data. The team used a ...

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

This illustration shows a red, early-universe dwarf galaxy that hosts a rapidly feeding black hole at its center. Using data ...

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

According to the scientists' calculations, the black hole — dubbed LID-568 — is consuming matter at a whopping 40 times what had been believed to be the theoretical limit. The discovery ...