Quasar Conundrum: Brilliant Supermassive Black Hole Defies Expectations
The quasar produces high levels of radiation and powerful jets, but it has less influence on its surroundings than expected. Astronomers have revealed that a…
The quasar produces high levels of radiation and powerful jets, but it has less influence on its surroundings than expected. Astronomers have revealed that a…
A team of scientists has successfully mimicked black hole conditions by creating a quantum vortex in superfluid helium, shedding light on gravitational interactions and quantum…
The James Webb Space Telescope’s discovery of early galaxies with massive black holes challenges traditional galaxy formation theories, proposing a synchronous development of black holes…
Researchers analyzed emission data from quasar 3C 273 using two theoretical models, revealing complexities in understanding quasar behavior and the mechanics of supermassive black holes….
The James Webb Space Telescope makes one of the most unexpected findings within its first year of service: A high number of faint little red…
It takes more than a galaxy merger to make a black hole grow and new stars form: machine learning shows cold gas is needed too…
Data from Gemini North provide possible explanation for supermassive binary black hole’s halted merger. Using archival data from the Gemini North telescope, a team of…
Researchers revealed that the black hole’s spinning speed could provide an ‘incredibly powerful kick’ to surrounding matter. The supermassive black hole in the center of…
Manuela Campanelli to lead research team studying electromagnetic signals from merging supermassive black holes. Rochester Institute of Technology scientists will be the lead researchers on…
Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center, spins at a rate warping its surrounding spacetime, influencing galactic dynamics and potentially affecting…
Physicists at Goethe University Frankfurt find new solution to Einstein’s general theory of relativity. If gravitational condensate stars (or gravastars) actually existed, they would look…
Observations reveal black holes can alter galaxies by ejecting gas, impeding star formation, with significant implications for understanding galactic evolution. Black holes are like temperamental…
Which came first: Black holes or galaxies? Findings ‘completely shake up’ what we know about galaxy formation. Black holes not only existed at the dawn…
A new study may help settle the question of how rapidly the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole is spinning. The black hole, known as Sagittarius…
Astronomers discover a celestial object that defies classification, possibly uncovering a new type of cosmic entity at the edge of known physics. Sometimes astronomers come…
Upcoming radio telescope sky surveys are set to observe millions of early Universe galaxies. However, to handle this massive influx of data, automatic tools are…
The detections more than double the number of known tidal disruption events in the nearby universe. Star-shredding black holes are everywhere in the sky if…
The simulations of the Lyman-𝛼 forest spectral data conducted by the PRIYA supercomputer, the largest-ever of their kind, illustrate the large-scale structure of the universe….