Black Hole

Scientists discover a black hole jet, halfway across the universe, pointing straight toward Earth

Astronomers identified an extremely bright black hole jet, halfway across the universe, pointing straight toward Earth.

Astrophysicists hunt for second-closest supermassive black hole

As massive as the black hole at the center of the Milky Way, the behemoth is hosted by a dwarf galaxy less than 1...

Star death reveals a midsize black hole lurking in a dwarf galaxy

An intermediate-mass black hole lurking undetected in a dwarf galaxy revealed itself to astronomers when it gobbled up an unlucky star that strayed too...

New discovery about extremely hot matter around black hole

Researchers’ recent observations of a stellar-mass black hole called Cygnus X-1 reveal new details about the configuration of extremely hot matter in the region...

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...