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...
New view reveals magnetic fields around our galaxy’s giant black hole
Fresh imagery from the Event Horizon Telescope traces the lines of powerful magnetic fields spiraling out from the edge of the supermassive black hole...
Astronomers create a giant map of distant black holes
Astronomers have accomplished a massive feat by creating the biggest map yet of the universe.
This isn't just any map; it's a detailed chart of...