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What happens when a galaxy's supermassive black hole turns off? These dying radio galaxies could show us
By Robert Lea Published
Astronomers have discovered a hitherto unseen population of galaxies with fading radio lobes, revealing what happens to these vast outflows when their black hole engines stall.

'Dark stars' could be the seeds of supermassive black holes, scientists say
By Robert Lea Published
A mysterious hum of gravitational waves that fills the cosmos may be the echo of long-dead "dark stars" that served as the seeds of the first supermassive black holes.

Dark matter could magnify the jets of a ravenously feeding supermassive black hole
By Robert Lea Published
"We are very happy to have discovered as-yet-undetected phenomena in the jet."

Scientists find 3 supermassive black holes on the verge of collision inside a distant galaxy
By Keith Cooper Published
A greedy galaxy that existed less than 1.3 billion years after the Big Bang is hoarding supermassive black holes.

Supermassive black hole spews energy 300,000 light years into deep space
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
That's three times longer than the Milky Way galaxy.

Astronomers watch a black hole's feeding frenzy end with a bad case of cosmic indigestion
By Robert Lea Published
Astronomers have discovered that the feeding frenzy of a distant black hole ended with a windy outburst.

How do supermassive black holes grow? AI finds 7 spacetime-warping 'quasars' that could help solve the mystery
By Samantha Mathewson Published
Astronomers found seven rare quasar gravitational lens candidates using AI, providing a powerful new tool for studying black hole and galaxy evolution.

X-ray spacecraft detects the 36-million-degree 'breath' of an ancient black hole
By Robert Lea Published
Astronomers have spotted the blisteringly hot exhaust fumes of the earliest quasars, intensely bright cosmic titans powered by feeding supermassive black holes.

X-ray spacecraft finds supermassive black hole stirring up the 'red potato' galaxy: 'There may be a cook in this cosmic kitchen'
By Robert Lea Published
Using the Chandra X-ray spacecraft, astronomers have seen a jet from a feeding supermassive black hole churning gas surrounding a galaxy nicknamed the "red potato."
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