Astronomers discover unusually bright star torn apart by supermassive black hole
Astronomers from Purdue University have discovered an incredibly bright and energetic star being torn apart by a supermassive black hole.
They found this remarkable cosmic...
Medium-sized black holes eat stars like messy toddlers
If they exist, intermediate-mass black holes likely devour wayward stars like a messy toddler — taking a few bites and then flinging the remains...
New view of galaxy helps pin down mass of the black hole at its...
Seen from Earth, the giant elliptical galaxy M87 is just a two-dimensional blob, though one that appears perfectly symmetrical and thus a favored target...
Scientists may find a runaway supermassive black hole
Astronomers say they may have found evidence of a “runaway” black hole, a discovery that would prove a theory that originated five decades ago.
Yale...
How do black holes make a shadow
It’s notoriously difficult to take a picture of a black hole.
But when they are surrounded by material we have an opportunity to witness the...
Ultramassive black holes: how does the universe produce objects so massive?
Black holes are the most massive objects that we know of in the Universe.
Not stellar mass black holes, not supermassive black holes (SMBHs,) but...
New discovery sheds light on very early supermassive black holes
Astronomers from the University of Texas and the University of Arizona have discovered a rapidly growing black hole in one of the most extreme...
Scientists find link between black holes and dark energy
Researchers have uncovered the first evidence of “cosmological coupling”—a newly predicted phenomenon in Einstein’s theory of gravity, possible only when black holes are placed inside an evolving universe.
Scientists detect a tadpole playing around black hole
A peculiar cloud of gas, nicknamed the Tadpole due to its shape, appears to be revolving around a space devoid of any bright objects.
This...
Without more data, a black hole’s origins can be spun in any direction
Researchers say that current results depend on models rather than data.
Clues to a black hole's origins can be found in the way it spins,...