black holes
A Strange 'Twin' Radio Signal From Deep Space Has Been Discovered
The discovery of a fast radio burst (FRB) that is only the second of its kind was “a big surprise” said one scientist.
Ancient Black Holes Have Revealed a Mystery at the Edge of Time and Space
A surprise discovery in the early universe has major consequences for the evolution of black holes and galaxies.
Listen to the Eerie Sound of Black Hole 'Echoes' for the First Time
Scientists used a “reverberation machine” to listen in on the mind-boggling dynamics surrounding black holes.
Scientists Discover Most Distant Alien Galaxy, and It Defies Explanation
At 13.5 billion light-years from Earth, a galaxy called HD1 is on the cosmic frontier.
Scientists Are Data Mining Black Holes to See If They Are Holograms
Quantum computing can help probe the bizarre innards of black holes, an environment that defies standard physics.
Black Hole Megastructures May Be Powering Alien Civilizations, Scientists Say
Dyson spheres encompassing around black holes could yield up to one million times more energy than those built around stars, according to a new study.
Scientists Have Seen Light from the Far Side of a Black Hole for the First Time
The detection confirms a key prediction of Einstein's theory of general relativity.
How an Earth-Sized Telescope Images Supermassive Black Holes
Ziri Younsi, a member of the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, explains how scientists managed to photograph a black hole across 55 million light years.
What Scientists Have Learned from Hidden Ripples in Spacetime
MIT astrophysicist Nergis Mavalvala talks about the discovery of gravitational waves—and everything that has followed—on Motherboard’s “Space Show.”
Black Holes Are Slowly Taking Over a Cluster that Orbits Our Galaxy
Palomar 5, a cluster flanked with giant star tails, will be completely usurped by black holes in one billion years, scientists predict.
Scientists Confirm Stephen Hawking’s 50-Year-Old Theory About Black Holes
A wave signal from space validates Hawking’s prediction that the area of an event horizon should never decrease.
Scientists Detect a Black Hole Eating a Neutron Star In Mind-Blowing First
Nobody had ever seen a system containing a neutron star and a black hole. In January 2020, scientists detected two of them.