How to detect hidden stars using elemental signatures
Key Insights Over the last 100 years, our understanding of massive stellar objects has continued to evolve.…
Astronomers witness most powerful black hole flare ever — as bright as 10 trillion suns
Astronomers generally assume that active galaxies may shift and flicker, since their central supermassive black holes tend to…
Scientists Finally Captured A Groundbreaking Image Of Two Black Holes Orbiting Each Other
Astronomers have recently achieved a landmark feat: For the first time, they have captured an image of two…
Our universe may have been born inside a black hole, study finds
The Big Bang theory has dominated our understanding of the universe’s origin for almost 100 years. It describes…
The most violent event in the universe could be visible from Earth in less than 10 years
The universe is a vast place in which many cosmic events occur regularly. And in less than ten…
Two new black hole collisions confirm Einstein’s theory with record precision
For the first time, scientists have detected two black hole mergers with spins so unusual they may reveal…
Black hole caught snacking on star far from host galaxy’s center
A supermassive black hole far from its galaxy’s center tears apart a star in the foreground of this…
6 Times Einstein Missed the Mark, but Still Changed Physics
Albert Einstein is undeniably one of the greatest names in physics. But Einstein, for all his contributions to…
Supermassive black hole seen feeding via a pair of spiral arms
Back to Article List A new study using observations from the ALMA radio observatory has discovered the Circinus…
Two Orbiting Black Holes Caught On Camera For The First Time In History
For decades, scientists have suspected that some quasars, which are regarded as some of the brightest objects in…
Astronomers capture first-ever image of two black holes orbiting each other
Astronomers had long suspected that certain quasars—those brilliant, otherworldly light sources fueled by supermassive black holes—could harbor two…
After Decades of Searching, Scientists Make a Major Breakthrough in the Mystery Surrounding Our Galaxy’s Black Hole
Every large galaxy harbors a supermassive black hole at its center, each one emitting powerful winds of hot…