Galactic nuclei images reveal how supermassive black holes interact with their surroundings using infrared telescopes.

The black hole in the core of NGC 4945 At the center of NGC 4945, it is found the active galactic nucleus (AGN) associated to a black hole of an equivalent mass of 1.6 million suns. An AGN is fused ...

University of Arizona astronomers have now produced the highest resolution direct images ever taken of a supermassive black ...

Researchers from the University of Arizona and Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany have now created the sharpest ...

For many years, scientists had classified 1ES 1927+654 as an “active galactic nucleus,” or AGN, meaning it has an active black hole at its center. This particular black hole was adding material at a ...

A quasar is a type of active galactic nucleus—a galaxy hosting a supermassive black hole that is actively consuming material. The black hole's accretion disk reaches extraordinary temperatures ...