Ancient quasars add to a ‘major unsolved problem’ in astrophysics
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, July 8 (Reuters) – A quasar — among the universe’s most luminous and energetic…
Many black holes had past lives, new research shows | MIT News
When a star dies, a black hole is born. This has been the textbook origin story for most…
Physicists Devise Black Hole Alternative With a ‘Mini Universe’ at Its Center
Theoretically, black holes emerged from the principles of Albert Einstein’s general relativity (gravity as distortions of spacetime), but…
What happens at the edge of a black hole? Astronomers may be close to finding out
There is no sound in space, but black holes can still sing. When two black holes collide, their…
Listening for the echoes of black holes | MIT News
Black holes are often misunderstood to be just that: dark and mysterious voids that are somehow akin to…
Euclid View of Milky Way Heart Previews Core Survey by NASA’s Roman
A new look at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy by Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency)…
Supermassive black holes may be surrounded by dark matter clusters, new ‘echo map’ technique suggests
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Scientists crack a 30-year-old mystery about how black holes form without a dying star |
Most people picture a black hole forming the same way: a massive star runs out of fuel, collapses…
Active black holes are more common than we thought
Dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 is known to house an active central black hole. However, the question of how…
Collapsing stars could form gravastars instead of black holes
A black hole is supposed to be the last word in stellar collapse: matter falls inward, spacetime caves…
NASA Webb Finds Strongest Evidence Yet for ‘Black Hole Stars’
The complex puzzle known as little red dots has become more complete since their initial discovery by NASA’s…
Chinese black hole-hunting scientist Dai Liang quits US for Shanghai post
A physicist who was awarded a fellowship reserved for the “brightest young scientists” in the US and Canada…