Scientists find where giant jets from black holes discharge their energy
The supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are the most massive objects in the universe.
They range from about 1 million to upwards...
Earth is faster, closer to supermassive black hole in new map of galaxy
Earth just got 7 km/s faster and about 2000 light-years closer to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
But...
This is the most detailed family portrait for black holes to date
Astronomers have produced the most detailed family portrait of black holes to date, offering new clues as to how black holes form.
Intense analysis of...
Supermassive black holes need the right ingredients to fire stuff into space
Researchers may have figured out why some supermassive black holes launch powerful beams of material, or jets, away from them, while others don’t.
Scientists have...
Scientists detect a star being ripped apart by supermassive black hole
Astronomers have spotted a rare phenomenon - a star being ripped apart by a supermassive black hole in a process called "spaghettification".
The event, known...
Scientists record last moments of a star devoured by supermassive black hole
A rare blast of light, emitted by a star as it is sucked in by a supermassive black hole, has been spotted by scientists...
Einstein’s theory of relativity just got 500x harder to beat
Einstein’s general theory of relativity—the idea that gravity is matter warping spacetime—has withstood over 100 years of scrutiny and testing, including the newest test...
Scientists discover galaxies trapped in the web of a supermassive black hole
With the help of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found six galaxies lying around a supermassive black hole when the Universe was...
New analysis of black hole reveals a wobbling shadow
In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration delivered the first image of a black hole, revealing M87*—the supermassive object in the center of the...
Scientists discover brand new type of black hole
The discovery challenges prior understanding of how the mysterious cosmic objects are formed across the universe.
The researchers identified an intermediate mass black hole.
The discovery...