Black Holes
Black Hole Jets Seen Forming in Real-Time
A short time ago, astronomers observed a distant supermassive black hole (SMBH) located in a galaxy 270 million light-years away…
Recent Observations Challenge our Understanding of Giant Black Holes
Black holes are among the most mysterious and powerful objects in the Universe. These behemoths form when sufficiently massive stars…
About a Third of Supermassive Black Holes are Hiding
Supermassive black holes can have trillions of times more mass than the Sun, only exist in specific locations, and could…
Astronomers See Flares Coming from the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
There's plenty of action at the center of the galaxy, where a supermassive black hole (SMBH) known as Sagittarius A*…
Webb Provides an Explanation for “Little Red Dots”
When a new space telescope is launched, it's designed to address specific issues in astronomy and provide critical answers to…
Here's How We Could Measure the Mass of SgrA* to Within One Solar Mass
The mass of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, SgrA*, is roughly 4.3 million times the mass of the Sun,…
LIGO Has Detected Unusual Black Holes Merging, But they Probably Don’t Explain Dark Matter
The traditional theory of black hole formation seems to struggle to explain how black holes can merge into larger more…
An Early Supermassive Black Hole Took a Little Break Between Feasts
In the last couple of decades, it's become increasingly clear that massive galaxies like our own Milky Way host supermassive…
How Did Black Holes Grow So Quickly? The Jets
A current mystery in astronomy is how supermassive black holes gained so much heft so early in the Universe. Black…
Quantum Correlations Could Solve the Black Hole Information Paradox
The black hole information paradox has puzzled physicists for decades. New research shows how quantum connections in spacetime itself may…