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...
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...
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...
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...
Scientists find the fastest-growing black hole in the past nine billion years
The fastest-growing black hole of the last nine billion years has been discovered by an international team led by astronomers at The Australian National...