Astronomers Find Wandering Massive Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies

Studies with the VLA indicate that roughly half of the massive black holes in dwarf galaxies are not in the centers of those galaxies. This gives astronomers new insights into the conditions in which similar black holes formed and grew in the early history of the Universe.

A Weakened Black Hole Allows its Galaxy to Awaken

Astronomers have found the first example of a galaxy cluster where large numbers of stars are being born at its core. The discovery revealed new details of how supermassive black holes affect their host galaxies.

Illustration of the accretion disk around a black hole.

The Giant In Our Backyard

For decades astronomers have dreamed of seeing a black hole. That dream may soon become a reality.