Flash of Light Brighter Than a Trillion Stars Leads to Supermassive Black Hole Breakthrough
First Detection of Secondary Black Hole in OJ 287 Binary System An international team of astronomers observed the second one of the two supermassive black…
First Detection of Secondary Black Hole in OJ 287 Binary System An international team of astronomers observed the second one of the two supermassive black…
Research shows Stephen Hawking was mostly correct about black holes evaporating via Hawking radiation. However, the study highlights that the event horizon isn’t essential for…
Hundreds of horizontal filaments point toward our central supermassive black hole. New radio telescope images reveal hundreds of filaments along the galactic plane, each measuring…
New methods will allow for better tests of Einstein’s general theory of relativity using LIGO data. Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity describes how the…
Contradicting long-standing theories, a recent study has found that x-ray emissions from black hole jets vary over short periods, and occur throughout the jets rather…
A Dark Central Mass is Lurking at the Hub of a Glittering Stellar Island Gravitational traps in space, black holes, come in different sizes. Or…
Theoretical physicists have discovered a new space-time structure called a “topological soliton.” Resembling black holes to distant observers, these structures are actually defects in the…
A panoramic image of the M87 black hole and its jet has been captured at a new 3.5 mm wavelength, revealing more details about the…
Astronomers have discovered the largest cosmic explosion ever observed, AT2021lwx, which is believed to have been caused by a supermassive black hole violently disrupting a…
A study carried out by a team of researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has shown that an unusually thin structure of…
Mapping stellar velocities around a giant elliptical galaxy reveals its asymmetric structure. Researchers have discovered that the M87 galaxy, previously thought to be symmetrical, is…
The event was spotted in infrared data — also a first — suggesting further searches in this band could turn up more such bursts. MIT…
Two massive touching stars in a neighboring galaxy are on course to become black holes that will eventually crash together, generating waves in the fabric…
The observations will help astronomers pin down the physics of the plasma around black holes. Astronomers have used the Global Millimeter VLBI Array (GMVA) to…
Uncovering a star’s demise: Supermassive black hole tears apart a giant star in a display brighter, more energetic, and longer lasting than any observed before….
In a historic first, astronomers have simultaneously imaged the shadow and jet of the supermassive black hole in galaxy M87, providing new insights into how…
Physicists have demonstrated that black holes and the dense state of gluons, which are the “glue” particles responsible for holding nuclear matter together, have similar…
Scientists have unlocked one of the biggest mysteries of quasars – the brightest, most powerful objects in the Universe – by discovering that they are…