Top Comments: Conditions That Produce Jets from Black Holes Are Independent of Black Hole Mass
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Scientists outline how spacecraft could reach a nearby black hole within a century
A speculative mission concept proposes sending laser-powered, gram-scale spacecraft to a black hole that could potentially exist within…
A Satellite Falling Out of Orbit Embarks on Its Final Mission
NASA has carried out some notable rescue missions over the past few years, including bringing home the astronauts…
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…