‘Mysterious Giant’ Hints at The First Detection of a Black Hole Trinary
A strange signal in the background hum created by a merger between two black holes could be the…
If nothing escapes a black hole, could one really swallow the entire universe?
In reality, a black hole’s gravitational influence is limited. Like any other massive object, its pull weakens with…
What happens when you cross the point of no return?
Black holes form when massive stars exhaust their nuclear fuel and collapse under their own gravity. This collapse…
Heaviest Black Hole Ever Found Pushes Limit of What’s Cosmologically Possible
The largest black hole ever detected is 36 billion times the mass of our Sun. It exists near…
The Webb telescope saw something no one was supposed to see; key details inside
The James Webb Space Telescope recently opened a new window onto one of the universe’s more mysterious secrets.…
Bizarre “Infinity Galaxy” Could Hold the Secrets of Supermassive Black Holes
Astronomers using data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a spectacular cosmic object they’re calling…
Largest black hole merger ever detected through gravitational waves
An international team of physicists uncovered the behemoth by detecting ripples in space-time from the violent collision. Sometime…