Cosmic fireworks: M87’s black hole unleashes rare gamma-ray flare
Scientists have observed a rare and powerful gamma-ray flare from the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87), marking...
Astronomers find a black hole tipped over on its side
Almost every large galaxy has a supermassive black hole churning away at its core.
In most cases, these black holes spin in concert with their...
Scientists discover first binary star near Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
For the first time, researchers have...
Astronomers discover a star devouring black hole
A team of astronomers have detected a surprisingly fast and bright burst of energy from a galaxy 500 million light years away.
The burst of...
How supermassive black holes in the early universe grew so fast
Not long ago, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) peered into Cosmic Dawn, the cosmological period when the first galaxies formed less than one...
Zap! A black hole scores a direct hit with its jet
Most galaxies are thought to play host to black holes.
At the center of Centaurus A, a galaxy 12 million light years away, a jet...
Astronomers spot a black hole jet colliding with a mystery object
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have made a fascinating discovery in a galaxy called Centaurus A (Cen A), located about 12 million light-years...
Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy, but detecting these...
Every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, much like every egg has a yolk. But sometimes, hens lay eggs with two...
Could tiny black holes be hiding in planets or even everyday objects?
When you think of black holes, you probably imagine massive stars collapsing under their own gravity.
But scientists have long theorized the existence of primordial...
Could primordial black holes be hiding in plain sight
Are Primordial Black Holes real?
They could’ve formed in the unusual physics that dominated the Universe shortly after the Big Bang.
The idea dates back to...