Quasars, the brightest objects in the cosmos, could act as cosmic signposts, directing astronomers to elusive pairs of supermassive black holes. New research suggests that quasars — the luminous ...

Two upcoming episodes of the History Channel’s popular series The Universe will feature Pittsford resident and Rochester Institute of Technology professor Don Figer. A crew from the History Channel ...

The galactic cores, containing huge black holes, could help explain how the universe developed into the complex cosmos it is today. Reading time 2 minutes A team of astronomers has spotted the most ...

Astronomers have used the wide-field view of the Dark Energy Camera to confirm that supermassive-black-hole-powered quasars in the early universe were packed into dense neighborhoods. However, it ...

Quasars, the luminous beacons at the centers of distant galaxies, have puzzled astronomers for decades with their dramatic brightness variations. Recent observations suggest that these celestial ...

Astronomers have detected an intensely brightening and dimming quasar that may help explain how some objects in the early universe grew at a highly accelerated rate. The discovery is the most distant ...

Space might seem calm when gazing up at the night sky, but invisible waves ripple continuously through the universe, bending space and time. These waves, known as gravitational waves, carry crucial ...

How are stars born and how do they die? -- How do we know that black holes exist? -- Who is the strangest in the cosmic zoo? -- How far is it to the stars and will we ever be able to travel to them? - ...

"Targeted searches will be up to seven times more likely to find gravitational waves from a supermassive black hole binary in a quasar than in a random massive galaxy." When you purchase through links ...