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Supermassive Black Hole
A black hole with a mass ranging from millions to billions of times that of the Sun, typically found at the centers of galaxies. These black holes influence the dynamics and evolution of their host galaxies.
Source: nasa.gov
APODs including "Supermassive Black Hole"
M77: Spiral Galaxy with an Active Center
02/12/2025
In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61
24/06/2025
Spiral Galaxy NGC 2566 from Webb
26/05/2025
IXPE Explores a Black Hole Jet
09/05/2025
The Doubly Warped World of Binary Black Holes
Video
06/05/2025
Spin up of a Supermassive Black Hole
04/05/2025
The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT
14/04/2025
NGC 1672: Barred Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
11/03/2025
Messier 87
20/02/2025
The Shells and Jets of Galaxy Centaurus A
11/12/2024
Journey to the Center of the Galaxy
Video
24/11/2024
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
13/11/2024
Messier 66 Close Up
13/06/2024
Unraveling NGC 3169
23/05/2024
The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
09/05/2024
Black Hole Accreting with Jet
07/05/2024
Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy
26/04/2024
NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe
01/02/2024
Illustris: A Simulation of the Universe
Video
31/12/2023
UHZ1: Distant Galaxy and Black Hole
10/11/2023
HESS Telescopes Explore the High-Energy Sky
Video
06/09/2023
A Message from the Gravitational Universe
29/06/2023
The Spanish Dancer Spiral Galaxy
08/05/2023
The Galaxy, the Jet, and a Famous Black Hole
04/05/2023
Centaurus A: A Peculiar Island of Stars
03/05/2023
Unraveling NGC 3169
02/03/2023
Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb
18/02/2023
Active Galaxy NGC 1275
26/01/2023
NGC 1365: Majestic Island Universe
22/12/2022
In the Arms of NGC 1097
16/11/2022