James Webb Space telescope spots 'big red dot' in the ancient universe: A ravenous supermassive black hole named 'BiRD' ...

Astronomers pinpointed BiRD near the extensively studied quasar J1030+0524, which resides at a distance of about 12.5 billion ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have uncovered a strange red speck glowing in the depths of the early ...

Mysterious objects or "little red dots" seen in the early universe by the JWST. | Credit: JWST/NIRSpec. Forget "little green men" — it is "little red dots" in the infant universe that caught the eye ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has looked back into deep time to find “rubies” or “little red dots” stretched across the ...

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An eerie, blood-red orb of light was recently photographed in the night sky above Texas after SpaceX launched a satellite-laden rocket into space. The increasingly common phenomenon, known as a ...

Powerful jets launched from Sagittarius A* may have stripped the stars' atmospheres away. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Paul M.

Innumerable stars reside within 1.6 light-years of the Milky Way’s central black hole. But this same crowded neighborhood has fewer red giants — luminous stars that are large and cool — than expected.

Violent red flashes, lasting just fractions of a second, have been observed during one of the brightest black hole outbursts in recent years. In June 2015, a black hole called V404 Cygni underwent ...