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…
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…
Astronomers Discover a Brand-New Type of Object: Part Black Hole, Part Star
At the cosmic dawn, the universe was sprinkled with giant black holes—monstrosities so huge that scientists are still…
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…
One of Astronomy’s Fastest Cameras May Stop Operating Over a $67,000 Funding Gap
“So that’s the end of my talk. But it’s also, unfortunately, the end of the HiPERCAM project.” The…
NASA’s Hubble Discovers First of Star Cluster’s Missing Black Holes
The massive globular star cluster Omega Centauri has puzzled astronomers for decades. It should be filled with black…
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…
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…