black holes
Scientists May Have Detected a Mysterious New Kind of Black Hole
Scientists didn't even know how to look for this type of black hole until now, thanks to a new study.
Our Galaxy's Core Mysteriously Erupted With a Beam of Light, Scientists Say
The explosion stretched for hundreds of thousands of light years into space and “must have been a bit like a lighthouse beam,” researchers say in a new study.
Our Solar System Might Have a Black Hole From the Dawn of the Universe
This alternate explanation for 'Planet Nine,' proposed by scientists in a new paper, poses some fundamental questions like: Should we visit it?
Three Supermassive Black Holes Are on a Crash Course, NASA Says
“This is the strongest evidence yet found for such a triple system of actively feeding supermassive black holes.”
Scientists Are 99% Sure They Just Detected a Black Hole Eating a Neutron Star
“If it turns out to be right, then we’ve confirmed a new type of star system. It’s that fundamental.”
Our Galaxy's Black Hole Suddenly Lit Up and Nobody Knows Why
In May, the supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way became 75 times brighter in just two hours.
This Tabletop Gravitational Wave Detector Could Shed Light on Dark Matter
LIGO, the observatory that detected the first gravitational wave, stretches for miles. The Levitated Sensor Detector would fit in your living room.
Here’s How Scientists Plan to Watch Supermassive Black Hole Collisions
“When these objects merge, there is more energy produced than the rest of the universe put together.”
This Black Hole Is Wildly Ejecting Plasma Jets as It Eats a Star
"This is one of the most extraordinary black hole systems I've ever come across.”
New Supercomputer Simulations Show How Plasma Jets Escape Black Holes
Black holes swallow everything that comes in contact with them, so how do plasma jets manage to escape their intense gravity?
Astronomers May Have Seen a Star Turn Into a Black Hole for the First Time
Last year astronomers witnessed an explosion like no other. Now astronomers are debating if what they witnessed was the exact moment a star became a black hole.
Astronomers Discover a Supermassive Black Hole Rotating At Half the Speed of Light
The astronomers took advantage of a fortuitous discovery to measure the rotation of a supermassive black hole with unprecedented accuracy.