Some clever ways to search for primordial black holes
Primordial Black Holes (PBHs) have recently received much attention in the physics community. One of the primary reasons is the potential link to dark...
Supermassive black holes got started from massive cosmic seeds, shows study
Supermassive black holes are central to the dynamics and evolution of galaxies.
They play a role in galactic formation, stellar production, and possibly even the...
NASA discovers iron traces around a distant black hole
NASA and JAXA, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, have made exciting new discoveries with their joint X-ray mission, XRISM, which is investigating the cosmos...
Hubble telescope captures stunning image of galaxy with active black hole
The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has given us a breathtaking view of NGC 4951, a galaxy located in the Virgo constellation about 50 million...
Fall into a black hole with this new NASA simulation
No human being will ever encounter a black hole. But we can’t stop wondering what it would be like to fall into one of...
The universe could be filled with ultralight black holes that can’t die
It’s that time again!
Time for another model that will finally solve the mystery of dark matter.
Or not, but it’s worth a shot.
Until we directly...
How black holes stop star formation in galaxies
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal that black holes play a major role in stopping star formation in massive galaxies.
This...
Neutron stars could be capturing primordial black holes
The Milky Way has a missing pulsar problem in its core. Astronomers have tried to explain this for years.
One of the more interesting ideas...
Astronomers discover a record-breaking black hole in our Milky Way galaxy
Astronomers have recently unveiled the most massive stellar black hole ever found in our Milky Way galaxy.
This enormous black hole, located just 2,000 light-years...
Scientists find a large black hole that “hiccups,” giving off plumes of gas.
Far away in a distant galaxy, about 800 million light years from Earth, a supermassive black hole has been caught behaving oddly, almost like...