Black Holes
It's Confirmed. M87's Black Hole is Actually Spinning
The supermassive black hole at the heart of M87 was the target of the Event Horizon Telescope, revealing the area…
Gluttonous Black Holes Eat Faster Than Thought. Does That Explain Quasars?
At the heart of large galaxies like our Milky Way, there resides a supermassive black hole (SMBH.) These behemoths draw…
Strong Evidence that Supermassive Black Holes Affect Their Host Galaxy’s Chemistry
Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) are impossible to ignore. They can be billions of times more massive than the Sun, and…
The Closest Black Holes to Earth are Probably Hidden in This Nearby Star Cluster
The Hyades cluster is the closest open star cluster to Earth, located at a distance of about 150 light-years. Although…
A Black Hole Nibbles on a Star Every 22 Days, Slowly Consuming it
Astronomers working with NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have spotted something unusual. The observatory's X-Ray Telescope (XRT) has captured emissions…
Astronomers are Hoping the Event Horizon Telescope saw Pulsars Near the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope is a collection of radio telescopes across the globe that simultaneously gathered data about the Milky…
Astronomers Precisely Measure a Black Hole's Accretion Disk
Actively feeding supermassive black holes are known as quasars, and they can outshine all the stars of their host galaxy.…
Could This Supermassive Black Hole Only Have Formed by Direct Collapse?
One of the outstanding mysteries in astronomy is how supermassive black holes gained so much mass so early in the…
Does the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole Have a Companion?
Astronomers have found stellar mass and supermassive black holes, but they're still on the hunt for an intermediate size; black…
How Did Supermassive Black Holes Grow So Quickly, So Early?
Supermassive black holes haunt the cores of many galaxies. Yet for all we know about black holes (not nearly enough!),…