Astronomers have long chased a hard question: how did black holes grow so huge so fast. Researchers at Maynooth University in ...

Black holes in the early Universe appear to have grown far faster than scientists once believed. Astronomers have long struggled to explain how black holes became enormous so early in the Universe’s ...

Researchers at Maynooth University have uncovered evidence to suggest smaller black holes – in the right conditions – can become massive.

Understanding how the universe transitioned from darkness to light with the formation of the first stars and galaxies is a key turning point in the universe’s development, known as the Cosmic Dawn.

It's one of astronomy's great mysteries: how did black holes get so big, so massive, so quickly. An answer to this cosmic conundrum has now been provided by researchers at Ireland's Maynooth ...