Is this the lightest black hole or heaviest neutron star
About 40,000 light-years away, a rapidly spinning object has a companion that’s confounding astronomers.
It’s heavier than the heaviest neutron stars, yet at the same...
What will happen if there is a black hole inside the sun?
In a striking blend of astronomy and theoretical physics, scientists have explored a mind-bending scenario: what if black holes existed inside stars?
This concept, stemming...
The holographic secret of black holes
As weird as it might sound, black holes appear to be holograms.
In the 1980’s physicist Jacob Bekenstein was able to calculate exactly how much...
Could there be a black hole inside the Sun
It’s a classic tale of apocalyptic fiction. The Sun, our precious source of heat and light, collapses into a black hole.
Or perhaps a stray...
How black holes consume entropy
Entropy is one of those fearsomely deep concepts that form the core of entire fields of physics (in this case, thermodynamics) that is unfortunately...
Giant black holes play peekaboo in dusty galaxies
Have you ever played hide and seek?
Imagine if the entire room you were in was stuffed with fluffy pillows, making it extra tough to...
NASA spots a baby giant: The most distant black hole ever seen
In the far reaches of space, NASA's telescopes have spotted something extraordinary.
They've found a black hole so far away, it gives us a glimpse...
Black holes feed faster than we thought, shows study
There's a big shake-up happening in the world of space science.
A group of smart folks at Northwestern University, backed by the U.S. National Science...
Dancing black holes: Scientists suggest they might exist in pairs!
Black holes are like the vacuum cleaners of the universe.
Imagine a super-strong whirlpool that pulls everything into it, even light!
Now, scientists think there might...
New study reveals the secrets of hidden supermassive black holes
Astronomers, our cosmic detectives, have been busy trying to understand the mysterious objects in our universe called quasars, extremely bright galaxies that have supermassive...