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Scientists discovered what may be the universe’s brightest object on Monday — a quasar as luminous as 500 trillion suns. “Increasing in mass by the equivalent of one sun per day, the quasar is 17 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered what may be the brightest object in the universe, a quasar with a black hole at its heart growing so fast that it swallows the equivalent of a sun a ...

A giant star that is still being consumed by a supermassive black hole may have caused the largest flare of its kind ever seen, astronomers say.

Active galactic nucleus (AGN) black hole 10 billion light-years away, J2245+3743, made the biggest and brightest flare ever ...

Scientists have detected radio signals from hot gas surrounding a supermassive black hole that existed 12.9 billion years ago, according to new research published in Nature Astronomy from an ...

Stars are the original nuclear fusion reactors. As it evolves, a star continuously fuses hydrogen, helium, and—if it becomes big enough—heavier elements, releasing the energy created into space as ...

Astronomers may have discovered a means to reveal supermassive black holes currently hidden from us across the universe. The promise comes after researchers, using observations by the Atacama Large ...

New hints from one of the most extensive surveys of the cosmos to date suggest that mysterious dark energy may be evolving in ways that could shift how astronomers understand the universe. Dark energy ...

(CNN) — New hints from one of the most extensive surveys of the cosmos to date suggest that mysterious dark energy may be evolving in ways that could shift how astronomers understand the universe.

A recent detection from JWST is being widely discussed. The discoverers suggest that it might be an incredible record-breaker: it could be the oldest galaxy we have ever seen. This is yet to be ...