Black hole jets may decide the fate of entire galaxies

Powerful jets from supermassive black holes can disturb star-forming gas far beyond a galaxy’s visible edge, leaving a glowing trail hundreds of thousands of light-years long.

Violent Collision May Have Destroyed Milky Way’s First Stellar Disk

New simulations suggest a violent collision 11 billion years ago reshaped our Galaxy and triggered a burst of star formation.

NASA Says Strange Red Dots Are an Unknown Class of Object

There’s a fresh twist in the mystery of the “little red dots.” Astronomers say they’ve found a new specimen, which they’re calling an “X-ray dot.