The 1st monster black hole ever imaged has messy eating habits
A new analysis of M87*, the first black hole imaged by humanity, has revealed turbulence in the matter around it, which this supermassive black hole feasts upon.
Astronomers find hundreds of 'hidden' black holes — and there may be billions or even trillions more
Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time
Mysterious flashing seen near supermassive black hole. Astronomers have an idea what it is
A black hole infamous for strange features has once again baffled astronomers, this time with rapid X-ray flashes. What could they be?
Astronomers watch monster black hole spit out a light-year-long jet
Astronomers are very familiar with the twin jets launched from the poles of supermassive black holes. These structures can stretch for distances as great as 23 million light-years, extending way above and below the plane of the galaxy from which they erupt.
Astronomers concerned about billions of black holes eating ‘hidden’ matter
Astronomers have warned that billions of black holes are consuming "hidden" matter in the universe. Against the odds, Prince Harry has won a landmark victory A meteorite 100 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing space rock may have nourished early microbial life The gigantic Russian Ekranoplan aircraft carrier How quitting alcohol benefits your body after a day,
Scientists use black-hole mergers to test symmetries of the universe
In an article published in Physical Review Letters on Thursday, scientists carried out an innovative study testing the ...
Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Lit Up in a Way We’ve Never Seen Before
Astronomers have detected a mid-infrared flare from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy for the ...
A strange black hole is acting even stranger
A strange black hole is making scientists scratch their heads.
M87* observations catch the black hole's turbulent accretion flow
Using observations from 2017 and 2018, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has advanced our understanding of the ...
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Feeding supermassive black holes may have ended the cosmic 'dark ages' billions of years ago
"Finding more supermassive black holes that are potentially hosting jets raises the question as to how these black holes grew ...
Mysterious black hole starts flashing – and scientists don’t know why
A mysterious black hole has started behaving even more strangely, scientists have said. The supermassive black hole has been ...
Mysterious Pulsing X-Rays From a Nearby Black Hole Baffle Astronomers
MIT astronomers have been captivated by the strange behaviors of a supermassive black located 270 million light-years away, ...
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The black hole M87*: What has changed in one year
Collaboration published the first image of a black hole, of M87* from the center of the galaxy M87. The measurement data on which the image was based was obtained in 2017. The EHT Collaboration has ...
Black holes are spinning faster than expected, researchers find
There's a universe full of black holes out there, spinning merrily away—some fast, others more slowly. A recent survey of ...