Astronomers Believe Hostile Black Hole Winds Create New Molecules
The existence of large numbers of molecules in winds powered by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies has puzzled astronomers since they were…
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New Research Sheds Light on How Mass Transfers to Black Holes
New research shows the first evidence of strong winds around black holes throughout bright outburst events when a black hole rapidly consumes mass. The study,…
MUSE Instrument Reveals a Black Hole Hiding in Star Cluster NGC 3201
Astronomers using ESO’s MUSE instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered a star in the cluster NGC 3201 that is behaving very…
Hubble Views Supermassive Black Hole Blowing Huge Gas Bubbles
Researchers using a suite of telescopes including the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a supermassive black hole blowing huge bubbles of hot, bright gas…
Astronomers Reveal Evidence for Higher Black Hole Spin in Radio-Loud Quasars
Statistical analysis of supermassive black holes suggests that the spin of the black hole may play a role in the generation of powerful high-speed jets…
Chandra Reveals Supermassive Black Hole ‘Turning Off and On’
A rapidly growing black hole — known as an active galactic nuclei — has been seen turning off and then on again. This supermassive black…
SETI Homes In On Fast Radio Burst Source FRB 121102
Recent observations of a mysterious and distant object that emits intermittent bursts of radio waves so bright that they’re visible across the universe provide new…
Supercomputer Provides New Insight Into Black Hole Jets
Through first-of-their-kind supercomputer simulations, researchers, including a Northwestern University professor, have gained new insight into one of the most mysterious phenomena in modern astronomy: the…
Astronomers Reveal Scientific Results from NASA’s SOFIA Airborne Telescope
Astronomers from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, Northwestern University, and the University of Maryland were on hand at the 231st meeting of the…
UC Researchers Reveal Black Hole Regulated Star Formation in Massive Galaxies
Young galaxies blaze with bright new stars forming at a rapid rate, but star formation eventually shuts down as a galaxy evolves. A new study,…
Astronomers Measure Accreting Regions Around Supermassive Black Holes
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics have measured the sizes of the accreting regions around the supermassive black holes in four distant AGN using…
VLA Reveals a Cosmic Filament Connected to Our Galaxy’s Black Hole
The center of our Galaxy has been intensely studied for many years, but it still harbors surprises for scientists. A snake-like structure lurking near our…
Astronomers Investigate Gravitational Wave-Inducing Black Holes
Far from earth, two black holes orbit around each other propagating waves that bend time and space. The existence of such waves — gravitational waves…
Astronomers Observe Nearby Radio Galaxy Centaurus A
Astronomers have used two Australian radio telescopes and several optical telescopes to study complex mechanisms that are fuelling jets of material blasting away from a…
Herschel Solves Decades-Old Mystery About Starburst-Driven Superwinds
Astronomers have used ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory to solve a decades-old mystery about the origin of powerful cool gas winds in the hot environs of…
Astronomers Measure Magnetic Field of Black Hole V404 Cygni
Scientists measure the magnetic field of the black hole binary V404 Cygni, revealing a significantly weaker magnetic field than previously thought. Black holes are famous…
Astronomers Reveal Most Distant Supermassive Black Hole Ever Observed
A team of astronomers, including two from MIT, has detected the most distant supermassive black hole ever observed. The black hole sits in the center…
Supermassive Black Holes ‘Photobomb’ the Andromeda Galaxy
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ground-based optical telescopes, an intriguing source has been discovered in the nearby Andromeda galaxy. Previously thought to…