This Star Is Racing Around the Milky Way’s Black Hole at 8% the Speed of Light
Illustration of a sunlike star passing very close to a supermassive black hole. Credit: ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser…
Hubble and Webb uncover Omega Centauri’s first stellar-mass black hole after 23 years of observations
For decades, Omega Centauri has presented astronomers with a paradox. The Milky Way’s largest globular cluster contains roughly…
Astronomers Find Omega Centauri’s First Stellar-Mass Black Hole
After decades of searching, astronomers have pinpointed the first of an estimated 10,000 stellar-mass black holes thought to…
Optical fiber black hole model emits Hawking-like radiation, revealing a long-sought recoil
Using optical fiber as a model black hole, physicists have, after decades of pursuit, observed two linked effects…
New Black Hole Theory Solves a 50-Year-Old Problem
Illustration of a black hole that is growing in response to an influx of energy. New research from…
Strange gravitational waves may reveal dark matter near merging black holes
The evidence for dark matter is everywhere and the evidence for dark matter is nothing. Galaxies rotate in…
Astronomers Find a New Clue for Detecting Runaway Supermassive Black Holes
Artist’s rendition of an Active Galactic Nucleus with the accretion disk highlighted. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s…
The Universe Was Barely Born When These Giant Black Holes Appeared
A quasar emits exceptional amounts of energy generated by matter falling into a supermassive black hole. Credit: NASA…
Astronomers Just Heard the “Last Sound” a Black Hole Made
A new technique will enable astrophysicists to study the strength of extreme gravity at the black hole’s horizon.…
James Webb Space Telescope catches 6 galaxies merging into one of the largest galaxies in the universe
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Astronomers Discover a Sleeping Giant: Ancient Black Hole 6 Billion Times the Sun’s Mass
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image of the highly distorted red galaxy MRG-M0138 seen through a foreground cluster…
After 50 Years, Astronomers Finally Found What the Milky Way’s Black Hole Was Hiding
Astronomers have uncovered long-sought evidence that the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole is producing a wind, revealing…