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...
Scientists detect the most massive black hole collision to date
The most massive black hole collision ever detected has been directly observed by the LIGO and VIRGO Scientific Collaboration, which includes scientists from The...
Scientists watch a black hole blinks
For the first time, astronomers have watched a black hole’s corona disappear, then reappear.
It seems the universe has an odd sense of humor.
While a...
This hungry black hole is one of the most massive in the Universe
We now know just how massive the fastest-growing black hole in the Universe actually is, as well as how much it eats, thanks to...
Supermassive black holes thrive under pressure
When distant galaxies combine and form clusters, they create a highly pressurized environment.
A Yale-led study has discovered that supermassive black holes thrive in...
In a photo of a black hole, a possible key to mysteries
Billions of people worldwide marveled at the first image ever captured of a black hole.
The photo of the glowing, blurry doughnut, taken by the...
Black hole could bend some light back like a boomerang
You may have heard that nothing escapes the gravitational grasp of a black hole, not even light.
This is true in the immediate vicinity of...
Scientists map dynamic black hole with light echoes
Although most black holes are too small on the sky for us to resolve their immediate surroundings, we can explore these mysterious objects by...