Supermassive Black Hoels

Why are Some Quasars So Lonely?

At the centre of most galaxies are supermassive black holes. When they are ‘feeding’ they blast out jets of material…

1 week ago

Early Black Holes Fed 40x Faster than Should Be Possible

The theory goes that black holes accrete material, often from nearby stars. However the theory also suggests there is a…

1 week ago

The Early Universe Had a Lot of Black Holes

The Hubble Deep Field and its successor, the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, showed us how vast our Universe is and how it teems with galaxies…

2 months ago

Galaxies Regulate their Own Growth so they Don’t Run Out of Star Forming Gas

Look at most spiral or barred spiral galaxies and you will see multiple regions where stars are forming. These star…

4 months ago

Supermassive Black Holes Got Started From Massive Cosmic Seeds

One longstanding mystery in astronomy is how supermassive black holes got so heavy so early. JWST has shown evidence that…

6 months ago

Black Holes are Tearing Stars Apart All Around Us

Galaxy NGC3799 lies around 16 million light years from Earth. Any event observed today within that galaxy took place 16…

8 months ago