Unveiling the Magnetic Mysteries of Black Holes: How Does “MAD” Accretion Form Around a Black Hole?
For the first time, a global team of scientists has uncovered the magnetic field transport processes in the accretion flow of a black hole, as well…
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What Happened to All the Supermassive Black Holes? Astronomers Surprised by Webb Data
James Webb Space Telescope survey reveals fewer supermassive black holes than presumed. A University of Kansas survey of a swath of the cosmos using the…
Cosmic Titans: Unveiling the Origin of Supermassive Black Holes
Black holes with exceptionally large masses—over a million times the mass of the Sun, known as supermassive black holes (SMBHs)—are commonly found in the universe…
Mysterious ASASSN-14li: Massive Star Obliterated by a Giant Black Hole
A giant black hole 290 million light-years away destroyed a large star and threw its pieces into space. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton…
Unraveling Cosmic Mysteries – New Method Proposed for Measuring Universe Expansion
In 1929, astronomers discovered that galaxies are streaming away from us and each other. They interpreted this observation that the universe is expanding. However, when…
Mysterious QPO Signals Reveal New Features of Galactic Black Holes
An international team of scientists reports the first detection of a quasi-periodic oscillation signal in the radio band from a Galactic black hole system. An…
VERA Telescope Network Reveals Surroundings of Rapidly Growing Black Holes
Using the VERA network of radio telescopes, astronomers have gained new insights into the growth of young supermassive black holes in Narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies….
Dying Stars’ Cocoons: A New Unexpected Source of Gravitational Waves
So far, gravitational waves have been only detected by astrophysicists from binary systems – the fusion of either two black holes, two neutron stars, or…
When Stars Fall Prey to Black Holes: Unraveling the Mystery of Tidal Disruption Events
The Universe is a violent place where here even a star’s life can be cut short. This happens when a star finds itself in a…
Gravitational Gluttony: How Galactic Mergers Bring Hidden Supermassive Black Holes to Life
New research led by Newcastle University and published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society has revealed that supermassive black holes obscured by…
Webb Space Telescope Detects Universe’s Oldest Active Supermassive Black Hole
The James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered the most remote active supermassive black hole known to date, situated in the galaxy CEERS 1019, which existed…
“UFOs” – The Ultra-Fast Space Winds That Shape the Evolution of Galaxies
They are called UFOs, but aliens have nothing to do with them. They are the ultra-fast outflows: space winds that emerge from the surroundings of…
Shining Light on Cosmic Secrets: Scientists Test a Controversial Theory of Blazar Emissions
Penn State researchers have recently characterized over a hundred blazars – far-off, dynamic galaxies hosting a central supermassive black hole that propels potent jets –…
Gravitational Waves Detected Using “Cosmic Clocks” and Unseen Spatial Distortions
Radio telescope observations of Milky Way pulsars reveal spacetime distortions likely caused by enormous gravitational waves rolling through everything in existence You can’t see or…
Early Universe Revelation: Webb Detects Most Distant Active Supermassive Black Hole
With Webb, a slew of other distant black holes and early galaxies also popped into view for the first time. It’s a bonanza! The universe…
Black Hole Unmasked: Astronomers Capture First Image of Accretion Ring and Relativistic Jet
Scientists used new technology to produce an unprecedented image of both the accretion process and the jet of the Messier 87 black hole. Utilizing the…
Louder Than Expected: Gravitational Waves From Merging Supermassive Black Holes “Heard” for First Time
After 15 years of carefully observing stars called pulsars throughout our galaxy, the NANOGrav collaboration has “heard” the perpetual chorus of gravitational waves rippling through…
A New Way To Annihilate a Star: Stellar Demolition Derby Near Black Hole in Ancient Galaxy
Astrophysicists have discovered a new mechanism for star destruction and gamma-ray burst generation, originating from stellar collisions in the dense environments near supermassive black holes…