Scientists detect a supermassive black hole hiding in a ring of cosmic dust
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer has observed a cloud of cosmic dust at the centre of the galaxy Messier 77 that...
Black holes really are giant fuzzballs, shows study
A new study confirms answers to Stephen Hawking's black hole information paradox.
Black holes really are giant fuzzballs, a new study says.
The study attempts to...
Are black holes and dark matter the one and the same?
Primordial black holes created in the first instants after the Big Bang — tiny ones smaller than the head of a pin and supermassive...
Scientists find the signal source in galaxy far far away
Super-bright stellar explosion is likely a dying star giving birth to a black hole or neutron star.
In June of 2018, telescopes around the world...
Scientists find a strangely massive black hole in Milky Way satellite galaxy
Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory have discovered an unusually massive black hole at the heart of one of the...
Scientists find closest pair of supermassive black holes to Earth ever observed
Astronomers have revealed the closest pair of supermassive black holes to Earth ever observed.
The two objects also have a much smaller separation than any...
Black holes have tantrums, and scientists have finally captured the resulting gamma rays
When supermassive black holes have tantrums, galaxies sit up and take notice.
A group of scientists announced they had detected the gamma rays from a...
What happens when two supermassive black holes collide
When two galaxies collide, the supermassive black holes at their cores release a devastating gravitational “kick,” similar to the recoil from a shotgun.
New research...
Black holes make a mess when they gobble up stars
Researchers have documented a fatal encounter between an unlucky star and an intermediate-mass black hole.
While black holes and toddlers don’t seem to have much...
This is what it looks like when a black hole snacks on a star
While black holes and toddlers don't seem to have much in common, they are remarkably similar in one aspect:
Both are messy eaters, generating ample...