ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceGrasp the Size of a Black Hole in This New NASA AnimationThey're not called "supermassive" black holes for nothing, as a video from NASA illustrates.ByKevin HurlerPublishedMay 2, 2023Comments (61)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceNew Image of M87 Black Hole Shows a ‘Fluffier’ Ring and Its High-Speed JetA higher-resolution view is helping scientists understand the physics behind the strangest objects in the universe.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 26, 2023Comments (9)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsA Black Hole Star Could Be the Trippiest Object in SpaceThe theorized object warps spacetime like a black hole but still releases light.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 25, 2023Comments (11)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceUpgraded View of 'Fuzzy' Supermassive Black Hole Is a Shade More MenacingMachine learning has boosted the resolution of an image produced by Event Horizon Telescope data captured six years…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 13, 2023Comments (9)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceBent Light in Deep Space Reveals One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever DetectedA rare ‘ultramassive’ black hole, 30 billion times the mass of the Sun, is lurking in the cosmos.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMarch 28, 2023Comments (18)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceScientists Observe Long, Curvy Jet Coming From a Quasar Across the UniverseUsing the world-spanning Event Horizon Telescope, researchers were able to study an enormous jet of electromagnetic…ByKevin HurlerPublishedFebruary 13, 2023Comments (2)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceBright Flash Detected in February Was a Black Hole Jet Pointed Straight at EarthThe jet is from the most distant tidal disruption event yet observed.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 30, 2022Comments (15)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceAstrophysicists Discover Closest Black Hole to EarthThe dense, dormant object is hiding in plain sight.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 4, 2022Comments (15)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceX-Rays Reveal Superheated Gloop Surrounding a Black HoleThese are the IXPE mission’s first observations of a mass-accreting black hole.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 3, 2022Comments (6)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceBlack Hole Pukes Up Star Years After Eating ItThe black hole ejected stellar material in 2021, three years after pulling a star into its orbit.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedOctober 13, 2022Comments (24)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceBehold: The First Image of Our Galaxy's Central Black HoleIt's the second major view of a black hole to come out of the Event Horizon Telescope.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 12, 2022Comments (43)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceNASA Visualization Shows Black Holes Dancing with StarsIn these binary systems, a star is slowly eaten as it death-spirals around a black hole.ByKevin HurlerPublishedMay 4, 2022Comments (2)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceTeam Behind First Black Hole Image Set to Announce 'Groundbreaking' Milky Way DiscoveryThe Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration has some mystery news to share next week.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 3, 2022Comments (41)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceHear the Sound of a Black Hole ‘Echo’The "Reverberation Machine" is helping scientists detect outbursts from black holes.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedMay 2, 2022Comments (2)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsCosmic 'Lighthouses' That Beam Gamma Rays Could Reveal Gravitational Waves All Around UsPulsars scattered throughout the galaxy provide a novel way to see ripples in spacetime.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedApril 8, 2022Comments (4)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceFunky Black Hole Is Spinning TiltedAstronomers say it's the most misaligned black hole they've ever seen.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedFebruary 24, 2022Comments (2)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsThere Are 40,000,000,000,000,000,000+ Black Holes in the Observable Universe, Says New EstimateThe team of astrophysicists found that 1% of ordinary matter may be stored away in the lightless spheres.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJanuary 20, 2022Comments (12)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceAstronomers Spot Two Supermassive Black Holes on a Collision CourseThe black holes are closer to Earth, and to each other, than any other known supermassive black hole pair.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 30, 2021Comments (11)
SciencePhysicsSciencePhysicsBlack Holes Could Be Expanding Along With the UniverseThe accelerating expansion of the universe could be affecting the size of black holes, according to a team of…ByIsaac SchultzPublishedNovember 9, 2021Comments (11)
ScienceSpaceScienceSpaceOne Day, Black Holes Will Be All That's Left of This Star ClusterPalomar 5 is being gravitationally stripped away, with only its most massive residents left behind.ByIsaac SchultzPublishedJuly 7, 2021Comments (4)