Astronomers may have caught a supermassive black hole in the act of forming inside a uniquely shaped galaxy. Astronomers ...

An infinity symbol–shaped galaxy hosts an active supermassive black hole. The growing giant may have come from the aftermath of a galactic smashup.

"This system has three confirmed active black holes: two very massive ones in both of the galaxy nuclei, and the one in between them that might have formed there," van Dokkum said.

Though atomic nuclei are often depicted as static clusters of protons and neutrons (nucleons), the particles are actually ...

A new study proposes that multi-step fragmentation at approximately 1 GeV/nucleon could be a game-changer for producing rare ...

Engineers discover a new way to control atomic nuclei as 'qubits' Using lasers, researchers can directly control a property of nuclei called spin, that can encode quantum information. Date ...