A 60-Year-Old Cosmic Puzzle May Finally Have an Answer
Supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies emit radiation and ultra-fast winds into space. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech…
Our universe is ‘trapped inside a black hole’, worrying new research claims
Have we been inside a black hole all this time? Our universe has been around for and estimated…
Mysterious cosmic explosion can’t be explained, scientists say
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Ripples in Space-Time Confirm Century-Old Theory
When two black holes collide and merge, they release gravitational waves. These waves can be detected by sensitive…
Scientists Discover Giant Black Hole Growing 2.4X Faster Than Theoretical Limit
A supermassive black hole in the far reaches of the Universe has been found guzzling down material at…
Full Black Hole Recoil Measurement
Researchers have, for the first time, tracked the recoil of a newborn black hole, revealing new insights into…
Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves
For the first time, astrophysicists have measured the recoil — or “kick,” in the parlance — resulting from…
A Black Hole Where It Shouldn’t Be? Astronomers Find Rogue Giant Just 230 Million Light-Years Away
A team of astronomers has discovered a rare “wandering” black hole inside a dwarf galaxy located about 230…
Mysterious “Universe Breaker” Red Dots Could Be Black Holes in Disguise
Artist’s impression of a black hole star (not to scale). Mysterious tiny pinpoints of light discovered at the…
Scientists say there’s a 90% chance we could spot an exploding black hole in the next decade
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Scientists accidentally measure ultrahot ring around black hole using rare ‘double zoom’ technique
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