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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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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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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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Circinus Galaxy (Hubble and Webb Compass Image)   
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This image shows two views of the Circinus galaxy, one captured by the Hubble Space Telescope and the other by…

Jan 13, 2026
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Circinus Galaxy Zoom
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This zoom-in video shows the location of the Circinus galaxy on the sky. It begins with a ground-based photo of…

Jan 13, 2026
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Webb Detects Most Distant Active Supermassive Black Hole to Date

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NASA’s Webb Proves Galaxies Transformed the Early Universe

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Hubble Unexpectedly Finds Double Quasar in Distant Universe

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NASA’s Webb Reveals Intricate Networks of Gas and Dust in Nearby Galaxies

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Astronomers using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope found evidence that such quasar winds might have forged these dusty particles in the very early universe.
This graphic illustrates how a faraway quasar (an extremely bright region in the center of some distant galaxies) is altered by a massive foreground galaxy.
A growing black hole, called a quasar, is seen at the center of a faraway galaxy in this artist concept. Astronomers using NASA Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes discovered swarms of similar quasars hiding in dusty galaxies in the distant universe.
This zoomed-in view of a portion of the all-sky survey from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer shows a collection of quasar candidates shown in yellow circles. Quasars are supermassive black holes feeding off gas and dust.
With its all-sky infrared survey, NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has identified millions of quasar candidates. Quasars are supermassive black holes with masses millions to billions times greater than our sun.
This false-color image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows a distant galaxy yellow that houses a quasar, a super-massive black hole circled by a ring, or torus, of gas and dust.
This plot of data from two space telescopes, NASA NuSTAR and ESA XMM-Newton determines for the first time the shape of ultra-fast winds from supermassive black holes, or quasars.
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