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last mo.

New JWST Findings Complicate Origins of Little Red Dots

Fresh metallicity measurements and a reported progenitor open competing explanations for whether LRDs host early supermassive black holes or enshrouded, intermediate‑mass engines that must be tested with multiwavelength follow-up.

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2mo ago

Supermassive Black Hole Dust Rings Could Spawn Millions of Planets

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6mo ago

Early-Universe Quasar Defies Models With 13 Times the Eddington Limit, Bright X-Rays and a Radio Jet

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6mo ago

Most Luminous Black-Hole Flare on Record Traced to Star Torn Apart 10 Billion Light-Years Away

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9mo ago

Record Black Hole Flare Points to Tidal Disruption of a Giant Star

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9mo ago

Record Black Hole Flare Shone With the Light of 10 Trillion Suns From 10 Billion Light-Years Away

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last yr.

First Frontal VLBA Image of Blazar PKS 1424+240 Reveals Ring-Shaped Magnetic Field

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last yr.

Space VLBI Captures Ribbon-Like Jet and Shock Wave at Core of Blazar OJ 287

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last yr.

Supermassive Black Hole Winds Proposed as Source of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays

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last yr.

Hubble Marks 35th Anniversary with Stunning Sombrero Galaxy Image

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last yr.

Dormant Supermassive Black Hole 'Ansky' Awakens with Record-Breaking X-Ray Flares

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last yr.

James Webb Telescope Sheds Light on Mysterious 'Little Red Dots'

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last yr.

Hubble Captures Dramatic Outbursts from R Aquarii Binary Star System

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last yr.

Astronomers Discover Closest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes

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last yr.

Astronomers Discover Closest-Ever Pair of Supermassive Black Holes on Collision Course

Active Galactic Nuclei

New JWST Findings Complicate Origins of Little Red Dots

Supermassive Black Hole Dust Rings Could Spawn Millions of Planets

Early-Universe Quasar Defies Models With 13 Times the Eddington Limit, Bright X-Rays and a Radio Jet

Supermassive Black Hole in J1007+3540 Restarts Jets After 100 Million Years

Precessing Black Hole Jet in VV 340a Drives Vast Outflow in Young Disk Galaxy

Wobbling Black Hole Jet in Spiral Galaxy Drives 20,000-Light-Year Gas Outflow

Real-Time Black Hole Flare Triggers Ultrafast Wind at 20% Light Speed

Space Telescopes Catch Black Hole Flare That Launches Ultra-Fast Winds in Hours

Most Luminous Black-Hole Flare on Record Traced to Star Torn Apart 10 Billion Light-Years Away

Record Black Hole Flare Points to Tidal Disruption of a Giant Star

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Record Black Hole Flare Shone With the Light of 10 Trillion Suns From 10 Billion Light-Years Away

First Frontal VLBA Image of Blazar PKS 1424+240 Reveals Ring-Shaped Magnetic Field

Space VLBI Captures Ribbon-Like Jet and Shock Wave at Core of Blazar OJ 287

Supermassive Black Hole Winds Proposed as Source of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays

Hubble Marks 35th Anniversary with Stunning Sombrero Galaxy Image

Dormant Supermassive Black Hole 'Ansky' Awakens with Record-Breaking X-Ray Flares

James Webb Telescope Sheds Light on Mysterious 'Little Red Dots'

Hubble Captures Dramatic Outbursts from R Aquarii Binary Star System

Astronomers Discover Closest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes

Astronomers Discover Closest-Ever Pair of Supermassive Black Holes on Collision Course

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