Colliding Stars in Early Universe May Explain Stellar Monsters, Study Suggests
Crowded star clusters in the early Universe could have built giant stars, seeded black holes and fed the…
A black hole splitting in two sounds impossible but physics has a loophole
Black holes are famous for colliding and merging into larger ones. However, could a black hole tear itself…
Astronomers Discover a “Universal” Trigger for Black Hole Jets
Artist’s impression of a black hole surrounded by glowing stellar debris, with material heating up as it spirals…
Scientists Hunt for Tiny Black Holes Hidden in LHC Collisions
Physicists found no tiny black holes at the LHC, but they just made the hiding place for new…
Fastest Star Ever Found in the Milky Way Is Racing Around Our Galaxy’s Black Hole
Wide-field view of the center of the Milky Way. Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide…
Scientists Find a Universal Rule for Black Hole Jets
Black holes of all sizes seem to follow the same playbook: when matter falls in, jets blast out.…
Astronomers confirm Einstein’s gravity by viewing light from behind a supermassive black hole
Astronomers detected delayed X-ray flashes consistent with light reflected from the far side of an accretion disk and…
Physicists Devise New Way to Listen for ‘Hairy’ Black Holes
When two black holes merge, the resulting object rings like a struck bell, radiating gravitational waves that fade…
Scientists Find a New Way To Hear the Faint “Ringing” of Black Holes
When two black holes collide and merge, they release gravitational waves. These waves can be detected by sensitive…
JWST Captures Stunning Evidence of How Supermassive Black Holes Feed
An image of elliptical galaxy NGC4696 located at the center of the Centaurus Cluster taken by the Hubble…
NASA Reveals Stunning X-Ray Views of 16 Galaxies
Galaxies are often called the jewels of the universe, since they are enormous assemblies of stars, gas, dust,…
Fastest star in the Milky Way found zipping around black hole
NEW YORK — A telescope has spied the fastest known star in our galaxy, racing around the supermassive black hole…