A black hole is hurling a jet of material at its neighboring galaxy
It’s been a banner time for black hole research!
In recent months, astrophysicists have announced the discovery of the most powerful gamma-ray burst ever recorded...
Scientists find a unique black hole firing jets at neighboring galaxy
With the help of citizen scientists, a team of astronomers has discovered a unique black hole spewing a fiery jet at another galaxy.
The black...
Scientists find black hole is ejecting material at half of light speed
Astronomers have observed a black hole burping up stellar remains years after it shredded and consumed the star.
In October 2018, a small star was...
Astronomers detect hot gas bubble swirling around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have spotted signs of a ‘hot spot’ orbiting Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the centre...
Astronomers find a sun-like star orbiting a nearby black hole
In 1916, Karl Schwarzchild theorized the existence of black holes as a resolution to Einstein’s field equations for his Theory of General Relativity.
By the...
Why are people freaking out about the sound of a black hole?
“In space no one can hear you scream,” the famous tagline from outer space horror classic “Alien,” might not be true based on a...
Black hole police discover a dormant black hole outside of the Milky Way galaxy
Scientists have found a dormant stellar-mass black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that neighbors the Milky Way.
The team includes Kareem El-Badry...
A star came too close to a black hole and was torn apart. Surprisingly...
What happens when a star wanders too close to a supermassive black hole?
The obvious story is that it gets sucked in, never to be...
The ultimate fate of a star shredded by a black hole
In 2019, astronomers observed the nearest example to date of a star that was shredded, or “spaghettified,” after approaching too close to a massive...
Most black holes spin rapidly. This one… doesn’t
Black holes. They used to be theoretical, up until the first one was found and confirmed back in the late 20th Century.
Now, astronomers find...