Surprising discoveries about black hole jets challenge existing theories
Scientists have made a remarkable breakthrough in understanding black hole jets, powerful streams of particles emitted by black holes.
When black holes merge, they’ll ring like a bell
When two black holes collide, they don’t smash into each other the way two stars might.
A black hole is an intensely curved region of...
Physicists to listen closely to black holes ring
Researchers propose innovative methods to put Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity to even more rigorous tests.
Scientists have observed AT2021lwx, the most powerful non-quasar transient ever seen
Imagine you're looking up at the night sky, filled with stars. Every so often, a star might suddenly get very, very bright. This is...
Scientists have solved mystery of the runaway supermassive black hole
Astronomers recently discovered a long and narrow structure of stars formed eight thousand million years ago using the Hubble Space Telescope.
The trail is about...
Astronomers discover unusually bright star torn apart by supermassive black hole
Astronomers from Purdue University have discovered an incredibly bright and energetic star being torn apart by a supermassive black hole.
They found this remarkable cosmic...
Medium-sized black holes eat stars like messy toddlers
If they exist, intermediate-mass black holes likely devour wayward stars like a messy toddler — taking a few bites and then flinging the remains...
New view of galaxy helps pin down mass of the black hole at its...
Seen from Earth, the giant elliptical galaxy M87 is just a two-dimensional blob, though one that appears perfectly symmetrical and thus a favored target...
Scientists may find a runaway supermassive black hole
Astronomers say they may have found evidence of a “runaway” black hole, a discovery that would prove a theory that originated five decades ago.
Yale...
How do black holes make a shadow
It’s notoriously difficult to take a picture of a black hole.
But when they are surrounded by material we have an opportunity to witness the...