Black Hole

Seen as a ribbon of red radio emissions, a gigantic energy jet blasting out of a supermassive black hole tells the story of a reawakened monster. (Image credit: LOFAR/Pan-STARRS/S. Kumari et al.) Scientists have observed a supermassive black hole waking up from a nearly 100 million-year nap. The black hole…

Inspired by a technique that allowed astronomers to image a black hole, scientists at the University of Connecticut developed a lens-free image sensor that achieves sub-micron 3D resolution, promising to transform fields from forensics to remote sensing. Operating principle and implementation of MASI. Image credit: Wang et al., doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65661-8.…

This artist’s concept depicts the central engine of the Circinus galaxy, visualizing the supermassive black hole fed by a thick, dusty torus that glows in infrared light.  (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)) The James Webb Space Telescope has delivered its clearest view yet of a supermassive black…

Since the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) began scientific operations, astronomers have been intrigued by strange red dots appearing in its images of the distant universe. Scientists from the University of Copenhagen have now identified what these objects are, uncovering extreme cosmic activity hidden inside dense clouds of ionized gas.…

Last Updated: January 16, 2026, 13:07 IST Supermassive black hole in galaxy J1007+3540 awakens after 100 million years, spewing powerful plasma jets across millions of light-years like a cosmic volcano Rapid Read Summarized by AI. + Indian scientists observed a supermassive black hole in galaxy J1007+3540 reactivating after 100 million…

Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen show that the enigmatic ‘little red dots’ — red sources scattered across images of the early Universe — are rapidly growing black holes wrapped in ionized gas, offering new insight into how supermassive black holes formed after the Big Bang. Little red dots are…

This LOFAR DR2 image of J1007+3540 superimposed over an optical image by Pan-STARRS shows a compact, bright inner jet, indicating the reawakening of what had been a ‘sleeping’ supermassive black hole at the heart of the gigantic radio galaxy. Credit: LOFAR / Pan-STARRS / Kumari et al. Get the Popular…

January 15, 2026 4 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm ‘Little Red Dots’ Spied by JWST May Be Baby Black Holes in Disguise Puzzling red spots in images from the James Webb Space Telescope are probably young supermassive black holes obscured by dense cocoons of gas By Lee…

A collection of “little red dots” spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and D. Kocevski (Colby U.)/Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach Impossibly bright galaxies discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may not be so bright after all. These galaxies once…

Some of the faintest sources in James Webb Space Telescope images don’t fit neatly into existing categories. Appearing as compact red points in deep views of the early universe, they show up at very early times and then largely disappear a few hundred million years later. A new study published…