12 billion years of black hole history are revealed through x-rays and simulations

From colliding galaxies to supermassive black holes, we take a look at some of the strangest sights in the universe

Get sucked into an astronomical mystery as we get in a spin with the universe’s heaviest objects.

A supermassive black hole has been discovered that formed when the Universe was just 3 per cent of its current age – around 500 million years after the Big Bang, or 13.3 billion years ago. Found in th

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A look at some of the thousands of astronomical objects visible in Hubble’s historic photograph

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