Astronomers may have observed star’s death while devouring a black hole
The supernova known as SN 2023zkd was first spotted in July 2023 by the Zwicky Transient Facility, but…
Scientists use Stephen Hawking theory to propose ‘black hole morsels’ — strange, compact objects that could reveal new physics
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Scientists Discover What Appears to Be the Largest Black Hole in the Universe, So Heavy That It Completely Bends the Light Around It Into a Giant Ring
Astronomers have discovered what could be the largest black hole ever detected. With a mass of 36 billion…
Astrophysicist Proposes Interstellar Mission to Study Black Holes
In a new paper published in the journal iScience, an astrophysicist from Fudan University discusses the possibility of…
‘Ultramassive’ black hole the size of 36 billion suns found in distant galaxy
You’ve heard of a supermassive black hole. Now, what about an “ultramassive” black hole? That descriptor is the…
The Trillion-Dollar Quest To Test Einstein
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration created a single image (top frame) of the supermassive black hole at…
The Universe’s First “Little Red Dots” May Be a New Kind of Star With a Black Hole Inside
By all rights, they shouldn’t exist. When NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) first opened its eyes to…
Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Caught Eating Star in NGC 6099
The newly-discovered intermediate-mass black hole, named NGC 6099 HLX-1, resides in a compact star cluster on the outskirts…
Scientists Found a Black Hole That Shouldn’t Exist. Now Physics Has a Problem.
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Over the past decade, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) network has…
The most massive black hole merger ever seen
In a breathtaking leap for astrophysics, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has recorded the loudest roar ever heard across…
Extending the ARM of ATLAS computing
With data from the ongoing LHC Run 3 continuing to mount, and the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) expected to…
Astrophysicists Detect Gravitational Waves from Most Massive Black Hole Merger to Date
Using twin detectors of NSF’s Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO), astrophysicists with the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration have detected…