New Cosmological Simulations Shed Light on Growth of Black Holes in Early Universe
New state-of-the-art simulations by Maynooth University astronomers show that in the dense, turbulent dawn of the cosmos, ‘light…
Physicists Begin Building First-Ever Graviton Detector
Stevens Institute of Technology physicist Igor Pikovski and colleagues are developing the first experiment designed to capture individual…
Myth of wormholes and the quantum meaning of Einstein-Rosen Bridge
For decades, wormholes have been hypothesized as mysterious tunnels that might let us cross galaxies or even time…
Astronomers Captured a Rare Image of a Supermassive Black Hole Erupting Like a Cosmic Volcano After 100 million Years of Silence
This LOFAR DR2 image of J1007+3540 superimposed over an optical image by Pan-STARRS shows a compact, bright inner…
Early Universe’s ‘Little Red Dots’ Are Young Supermassive Black Holes, Astrophysicists Say
Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen show that the enigmatic ‘little red dots’ — red sources scattered across…
Astronomers Discover Triple System of Active Galactic Nuclei 1.2 Billion Light-Years Away
A rare trio of merging galaxies called J121/1219+1035 hosts three actively feeding, radio-bright supermassive black holes, according to…
Record-Breaking Cosmic Burst Caused by Stellar-Mass Black Hole Shredding Its Companion
Using data gathered by a suite of space- and ground-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered AT 2024wpp, the most…
Astronomers observe never-before-seen gusts of wind from a black hole in a distant galaxy
Published on 10/12/2025 – 13:19 GMT+1 In a galaxy far, far away, a black hole is whipping up…
Black hole’s winds going faster than 37,000 miles per second | National
An international team of researchers used the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and XRISM, a JAXA-led mission with ESA…
These celestial objects survive the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way
At the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, there is a supermassive black hole about 4 million…
This star orbiting a black hole has a composition that surprises scientists
Many stars are present in the universe, and they also have various characteristics. But recently, astronomers have studied…
A Physicist Ran the Numbers on What Would Happen if a Tiny Black Hole Passed Through Your Body
Credit: ZME Science/Midjourney. A tiny black hole zipping through your body sounds like the kind of death dreamed…