The universe may contain a staggering 40 quintillion black holes
Astronomers estimate that about 40 quintillion stellar-mass black holes exist within the observable universe, a number written as…
9 Things to Know About NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Roman joins an international cohort of teamworking telescopes. Roman will work in tandem with many other NASA-led and…
Roman Series: Jupiters Around Other Suns
Episode description: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a quest to discover planets outside our solar…
Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star
When Soundgarden Wrote “Black Hole Sun,” they may have inadvertently been onto something. In a new paper in…
Three supermassive black holes have been discovered in the same galaxy
If black holes fascinate astronomers, it is mainly because of their power, but also because of the many…
Even Black Holes Can Get Indigestion. Unsurprisingly, Their Farts Are ‘Massive’ Expulsions of Gas
Black holes are typically seen as enormous, bottomless pits with an insatiable appetite for cosmic matter—if anything, that’s…
The James Webb Telescope Is Changing Astronomers’ Understanding of the Ancient Cosmos
To test these new ideas, researchers are exploring the infant universe through simulations. “There’s actually been really remarkable…
Astronomers Spotted a Wandering Black Hole at the Edge of Its Galaxy. Then It Found a Snack
An orphaned black hole that drifted toward the outskirts of its galaxy was caught devouring an unlucky star,…
It’s Becoming Clear Why Black Holes Never Run Out of Fuel
It is believed that nearly every large galaxy in the universe has a supermassive black hole at its…
CUNY physicists recreate black hole energy extraction in a historic lab experiment
A black hole may be millions of light-years away, but some of its strangest physics has now been…
Euclid finds 31 ancient quasars, including 2 that set a record for earliest ever seen
The early universe just got a little less mysterious. Using ESA’s Euclid observatory, astronomers have found 31 quasars…
Scientists Say Some Black Holes Are Born From Other Black Holes
Since LIGO’s Nobel-winning discovery of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime—the U.S.-based detector has been picking up on hundreds of…