Intergalactic predators? James Webb data hints supermassive black holes may act like cosmic killers, preventing star birth in distant galaxiesNew research reveals that active supermassive black holes can suppress star formation in neighboring galaxies across vast intergalactic dis...
26 Feb, 2026, 11.58 AM IST
Black hole 36 billion times Sun’s mass discovered, likely the biggest ever in spaceScientists have spotted a giant black hole. It is 36 billion times the mass of our Sun. This black hole resides 5 billion light-years away....
08 Aug, 2025, 02.24 PM IST
Astronomers witness supermassive black hole tear star apart during violent galactic collision—here’s what exactly happened in this rare tidal disruption eventBlack hole rips apart star in a once-in-a-lifetime event called AT 2022wtn, spotted 700 million light-years away during a rare galactic col...
30 May, 2025, 11.24 PM IST
Cosmic tale: How primordial clouds might rewrite black hole historyThe discovery of UHZ-1, a powerful quasar from 13.2 billion years ago, challenges conventional theories about the formation of supermassive...
31 Dec, 2023, 12.02 PM IST
NASA's James Webb Telescope discovers distant and active supermassive black holeNASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the most distant-known active supermassive black hole, located in galaxy CEERS 1019. Recently...
11 Jul, 2023, 12.49 PM IST
Indian researchers discover three supermassive black holesThe rare occurrence in the nearby universe indicates that small merging groups are ideal laboratories to detect multiple accreting supermas...
27 Aug, 2021, 12.44 PM IST
- How supermassive black holes prevent star formation
London, Jan 10 (IANS) Scientists have found evidence that supermassive black holes prevent formation of stars in some smaller galaxies, in ...
10 Jan, 2018, 03.37 PM IST
- Bigger black holes turn off star formation in galaxies earlier
New York, Jan 2 (IANS) Researchers have found evidence that the mass of black holes in the centre of the galaxy determines how soon its sta...
02 Jan, 2018, 01.37 PM IST
- Gravitational waves boot monster black hole from galactic core
Washington, March 24 (IANS) NASA's Hubble space telescope has detected a supermassive black hole that has been kicked out of the centre of ...
24 Mar, 2017, 11.10 AM IST
'Giant black hole 660 million times bigger than Sun'The mass of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a nearby giant elliptical galaxy is 660 million times greater than that of the Sun, ...
06 May, 2016, 12.38 PM IST
Giant black hole found in an unlikely placeAstronomers have uncovered a near-record breaking supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion Suns, in the centre of a galaxy in a sparsel...
08 Apr, 2016, 12.36 PM IST
Supermassive black holes may be lurking everywhere in universe"The newly discovered black hole is in a galaxy, NGC 1600, in the opposite part of the sky from the Coma Cluster in a relative desert."
07 Apr, 2016, 06.00 PM IST
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory finds giant burping black hole 26 million light years awayResearchers said that this is one of the nearest super massive black holes to Earth that is currently undergoing such violent outbursts.
06 Jan, 2016, 04.47 PM IST
Smallest supermassive black hole ever detectedAstronomers using NASA's X-ray Observatory have identified the smallest super-massive black hole ever detected in the centre of a galaxy.
12 Aug, 2015, 03.56 PM IST
Black hole with mass of 140 million Suns foundA massive black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy has the mass of 140 million Suns, scientists have found.
24 Jun, 2015, 05.19 PM IST
NASA finds evidence of serial black hole eruptionsAstronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found a supermassive black hole at the centre of a group of galaxies about 105 mill...
11 Jun, 2015, 04.38 PM IST
Smallest known galaxy M60-UCD1 with supermassive black hole foundAstronomers led by an Indian-origin scientist discovered a monster black hole lurking inside one of the tiniest and densest galaxies ever k...
18 Sep, 2014, 01.56 PM IST