Researchers Discover the First Binary System Consisting of a Black Hole and a Be-Type Star
A newly published study details the discovery of the first binary system consisting of a black hole and a Be-type star. Spanish scientists have discovered…
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New Hubble Image of Spiral Galaxy Messier 83
Released at the 223rd meeting of the American Astronomical Society, this new Hubble image shows the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. This new Hubble image shows the…
New NuSTAR Images Show the Remains of a Dead Star and Distant Black Holes
New images from NASA’s NuSTAR show the energized remains of a dead star and distant black holes buried in blankets of dust. Two new views…
Chandra Reveals a Black Hole Destroying a Star in a Dwarf Galaxy
While combing through several years of Chandra data, researchers discovered a black hole destroying a star in the galaxy cluster Abell 1795. A bright, long…
Discovery Provides Clues to How Galaxies and Black Holes Develop Together
Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, researchers discovered more than 100 dwarf galaxies with massive black holes, providing an important step toward understanding…
Astronomers Discover a Gamma-Ray Burst without a Radio Afterglow
In new study, astronomers detail the discovery of a gamma-ray burst without a radio afterglow. Astronomers led by a Curtin University researcher have discovered a…
WISE Detects Two Entwined Supermassive Black Holes
Using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, astronomers have detected two supermassive black holes circling each other at the heart of a distant galaxy. Astronomers have…
An Unexpected Discovery in Galaxy Messier 101
Using data from the Gemini Observatory, researchers discovered that a small black hole can sustain a hugely voracious appetite while consuming material in an efficient…
NASA Image of the Day – Black Holes Have Simple Feeding Habits
The NASA image of the day shows the supermassive black hole at the center of spiral galaxy M81. At the center of spiral galaxy M81…
Astronomers Search for Medium-Sized Black Holes
In two new studies, astronomers examine black holes in the Circinus galaxy and spiral galaxy NGC 1313, searching for evidence of medium-sized black holes. Black…
Astronomers Find New Evidence of a High-Energy Jet in the Milky Way’s Black Hole
Using data from Chandra and the VLA, astronomers uncovered new evidence for the presence of a jet of high-energy particles blasting out of the Milky…
Contents of Mysterious Black Hole Jets Revealed
Using data from the XMM-Newton satellite and CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array, astronomers reveal the contents of mysterious black hole jets. An international team of…
Astronomers Discover a New Type of Quasar
Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, astronomers have discovered a new type of quasar in which gas appears to be heading away and…
New Model Shows How a Collapsing Star Results in Two Black Holes that Form and Fuse
A new study from researchers at Caltech details the collapse of rapidly rotating supermassive stars that formed in the early Universe. The study shows that…
Astronomers Discover New Information about Black Hole Mergers
While searching for gravitational waves generated by supermassive black holes merging, astronomers using the Parkes Radio Telescope have discovered new information about the frequency and…
Astrophysicists Discover Black Holes in Globular Star Clusters
Using an array of radio telescopes, a team of astrophysicists discovered the first examples of black holes in globular star clusters in our own galaxy….
ALMA Observations Show Unique Chemical Composition Surrounding Supermassive Black Hole
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, a team of scientists captured a detailed image of high-density molecular gas around an active supermassive black hole at…
Chandra Reveals Echoes of Multiple Outbursts from Sagittarius A
Using Chandra high-resolution data collected from 1999 to 2011, astronomers reveal for the first time abrupt variations in the X-ray emission from gas clouds surrounding…
