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The Impact of Webb on Our Understanding of Black Holes
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How has Webb improved our ability to study black holes? Black holes are among the most studied yet most mysterious…

Oct 9, 2026
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Little Red Dots
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Astronomers theorize that little red dots, which are mostly present in the early universe, are active supermassive black holes. But,…

Oct 9, 2026
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FRB 20240304B (NIRCam Compass Image)
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This image of the host galaxy of fast radio burst FRB 20240304B, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near…

Oct 8, 2026
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Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA’s Chandra
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Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new gallery released…

Aug 25, 2026
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ESA’s Euclid Space Telescope Finds Universe’s Most Ancient Quasars
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Led by ESA (European Space Agency) with contributions from NASA, the Euclid space telescope has discovered 31 of the oldest quasars…

Jul 6, 2026
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Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition
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This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an enigmatic galaxy with a bright center and a face that hints at…

May 15, 2026
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NASA’s Webb Delivers Unprecedented Look Into Heart of Circinus Galaxy
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The Circinus Galaxy, a galaxy about 13 million light-years away, contains an active supermassive black hole that continues to influence…

Jan 13, 2026
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Circinus Galaxy Center (Artist’s Concept)
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This artist’s concept depicts the central engine of the Circinus galaxy, visualizing the supermassive black hole fed by a thick,…

Jan 13, 2026
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Circinus Galaxy (Hubble and Webb)
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This image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows the Circinus galaxy. A close-up of its core from NASA’s James Webb…

Jan 13, 2026
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Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA’s Chandra

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Hubble Reveals Surprising Spiral Shape of Galaxy Hosting Young Jet

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Herschel Space Observatory has shown that galaxies with the most powerful, active, supermassive black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less active black holes in this artist concept.
This image from NASA WISE spacecraft shows a blazar, a voracious supermassive black hole inside a galaxy with a jet that happens to be pointed right toward Earth. Active black holes are often found at the hearts of elliptical galaxies.
This artist concept shows a feeding, or active, supermassive black hole with a jet streaming outward at nearly the speed of light. Such active black holes are often found at the hearts of elliptical galaxies.
RCW 108 is a region where stars are actively forming within the Milky Way galaxy about 4,000 light years from Earth. This image is part of a large collection of images of merging galaxies taken by NASA Hubble Space Telescope.
A range of supermassive black holes lights up this new image from NASA NuSTAR. All of the dots are active black holes tucked inside the hearts of galaxies, with colors representing different energies of X-ray light.
This artist concept illustrates the frenzied activity at the core of our Milky Way galaxy. The galactic center hosts a supermassive black hole in the region known as Sagittarius A*, or Sgr A*, with a mass of about four million times that of our sun.
This mosaic reveals a panorama of the Milky Way from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. This picture covers only about three percent of the sky, but includes more than half of the galaxy stars and the majority of its star formation activity.
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