Telescopes Reveal Rapid Spin of Milky Way’s Black Hole Warping Spacetime
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…
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….
One of the key missions of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is to probe the early Universe. Now, the unmatched resolution and sensitivity of…
Intermediate-Mass Black Holes (IMBHs) represent a cosmic puzzle, with their existence and formation mechanisms shrouded in mystery. A recent study led by Gran Sasso Science…
Using the MeerKAT Telescope, astronomers found a mysterious object in the Milky Way’s black hole mass gap, challenging existing astronomical classifications and offering a unique…
At the heart of many large galaxies, a supermassive black hole (SMBH) resides. Our own Milky Way galaxy is home to Sagittarius A*, a mostly…
New discoveries in Tidal Disruption Events enhance our understanding of supermassive black holes and their properties. A new study by Hebrew University is a significant…
Computer simulations show how mysterious intermediate-mass black holes could form inside stellar clusters. An international consortium of astronomers, including staff from the Max Planck Institute…
Astronomers have discovered the universe’s oldest black hole with the JWST, challenging current theories of black hole growth and potentially impacting the development of its…
Cardiff astronomers, along with international partners, have revealed a novel method to investigate how black holes feast. An international team of astronomers has uncovered an…
The University of Sheffield’s ULTRASPEC camera, mounted on the Thai National Telescope, made it possible to sight the never-before-seen flashes. Astrophysicists have resolved the controversy…
A distant star’s explosive demise left behind an active stellar corpse, which is believed to be the source of multiple energetic flares detected over several…
New findings confirm existence of hot helium stars long-thought to be at the heart of hydrogen-poor supernovae and neutron star mergers. Astronomers at the University…
In a hypothetical scenario, small, primordial black holes could be captured by newly forming stars. An international team, led by researchers at the Max Planck…
The first large-scale numerical simulation of black hole-neutron star merger matches puzzling observations. In 2022, scientists from Northwestern University presented novel observational data indicating that…