Astronomers Have Discovered an Especially Sneaky Black Hole
Discovery Sheds Light on Star Death, Black Hole Formation and Gravitational Waves When it comes to field of black hole research, it seems there is…
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The Photon Ring: Astrophysicists “Resolve a Fundamental Signature of Gravity Around a Black Hole”
In a vivid confirmation of theoretical prediction, scientists have discerned a sharp ring of light created by photons whipping around the back of a supermassive…
“Spectral Siren” – Black Hole Collisions Could Help Measure How Fast the Universe Is Expanding
University of Chicago astronomers propose ‘spectral siren’ method to understand evolution of the universe. A black hole is usually where information goes to disappear. However,…
Clearest Understanding Yet of the Life Cycle of Supermassive Black Holes
Researchers use X-ray telescopes and a new data analysis technique to describe space objects. Black holes with varying light signatures that were once thought to…
“Black Hole Police” Discover Needle in a Haystack: A Dormant Black Hole Outside Our Galaxy
A stellar-mass black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbor galaxy to our own, has been found by a team of international experts, renowned for…
The Ultimate Fate of a Star Shredded by a Black Hole: Spaghettified at 22 Million Miles per Hour
Much of star’s mass in 2019 tidal disruption ended up in symmetrical cloud that hid black hole. In 2019, astronomers observed the closest example to…
18 Million Miles per Hour: Star With the Shortest Orbital Period Around Black Hole Discovered
A newly discovered star only takes four years to travel around the black hole at the center of our Milky Way. Astronomers have discovered the…
Is Something Else Hidden at the Center of the Milky Way?
Precise Insights into the Supermassive Black Hole in the Milky Way’s Heart Astronomers use Gemini Observatory and an international telescope collaboration to shed light on…
A Flicker From the Dark: Reading Between the Lines To Model Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole
Looks can be deceiving. The light from an incandescent bulb seems steady, but it actually flickers 120 times per second. Because the brain only perceives…
Hubble Finds Phantom Imprint in Space Revealing Black Hole Roaming Our Milky Way Galaxy
Hubble Determines Mass of Black Hole Isolated Black Hole Supermassive black holes, such as Sagittarius A* — the black hole at the center of the…
Astrophysicists Predict Gravitational Wave Strength From Merging Supermassive Black Holes
Gravitational waves are ripples in the curvature of spacetime caused by accelerated masses that propagate as waves at the speed of light outward from their…
Stellar “Ghost” Discovered: Astronomers May Have Detected a “Dark” Free-Floating Black Hole
Gravitational microlensing turns up black hole candidate, one of 200 million in the galaxy. When massive stars come to the end of their lives and…
Unlocking the Mysterious Missing Links of Black Hole Astronomy
A deeper understanding of black holes could revolutionize our understanding of physics, but their enigmatic nature makes them difficult to observe. Because the theory of…
Webb Space Telescope’s Quest for Primeval Black Holes
The Webb Space Telescope team continues to work on commissioning the science instruments, the final step before starting science operations in the summer. We recently…
A Strange Surging Glow in a Distant Galaxy Could Change the Way We Look at Black Holes
Something weird is going on in the galaxy known as 1ES 1927+654: In late 2017, and for reasons that scientists couldn’t explain, the supermassive black…
Astronomers Discover Hidden Trove of Massive Black Holes – “We All Got Nervous”
Newfound black holes in dwarf galaxies shed light on the origin of our galaxy’s supermassive black hole. A team of researchers led by astronomers in…
Supermassive Black Holes: The Ultimate Snitches Giving Away Galactic Center Secrets
The Universe contains different “flavors” of black holes. While “stellar” mass black holes are 10-50 times the mass of our Sun, supermassive black holes are…
First Direct Visual Evidence That the Object in the Center of the Milky Way Is Indeed a Black Hole
Astronomers reveal the first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy. It is the first direct visual evidence of a ring-like…
