By revealing a massive radio jet in the early universe, J1601+3102 offers a rare snapshot of early quasar activity.

From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

Using the Gemini North telescope, astronomers have detected the largest black hole jet ever seen in the early universe. It's ...

Making use of the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S.

Astronomers have discovered a truly ancient monster: a radio jet 200,000 light-years wide, originating from when the universe ...

A team of astronomers, including researchers from our top-rated Physics department, have discovered the largest radio jet ...

Views of a massive galaxy cluster Abell 2256 have been captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA’s XMM-Newton and ...

Telescopes around the world have spotted a monster radio jet streaming from a quasar dating back to the first 1 billion years ...

From decades of astronomical observations scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers. The gas and dust falling ...

Instruments used by the theme include the VLA, the VLBA, eMERLIN, the ATCA, LOFAR, the HST, Euclid, XMM and Chandra. Active galaxies can also be used as cosmological probes. Powerful radio sources are ...

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery—a massive radio jet stretching 200,000 light-years across from a distant quasar. This is the largest radio jet ever found in the early universe, and it ...