Black Holes
Pulsar Jackpot Scours Old Data for New Discoveries
Chalk another one up for Citizen Science. Earlier this month, researchers announced the discovery of 24 new pulsars. To date,…
Galactic Gas Cloud Could Help Spot Hidden Black Holes
The heart of our Milky Way galaxy is an exotic place. It's swarming with gigantic stars, showered by lethal blasts…
New Research Sheds Light On Black Hole Growth
In a new study led by University of Central Lancashire astronomer Dr. Victor Debattista, researchers are looking into the mystery…
Messier 106: Amateur and Professional Astronomers Join Together to Peer Into the Eyes of Creation
Nearly four million light years away in the direction of the constellation of Canes Venatici, a visage of creation awaited…
Combining Light to Reveal Monster Black Holes
NGC 3627 glows in the combined light of Hubble, Chandra, Spitzer and the Very Large Telescope in this image. Astronomers…
Black Hole Jets Might Be Molded by Magnetism
Visible-light Hubble image of the jet emitted by the 3-billion-solar-mass black hole at the heart of galaxy M87 (Feb. 1998)…
Gigantic Plasma Jets Pour From the Heart of Hercules A
Combined Hubble (optical) and VLA (radio) images show enormous radio jets shooting out from the galaxy Hercules A Talk about…
“Oddball” Galaxy Contains the Biggest Black Hole Yet
Image of lenticular galaxy NGC 1277 taken with Hubble Space Telescope. (NASA/ESA/Andrew C. Fabian) It's thought that at the heart…
A Virtual Galactic Smash-Up!
An online simulator for galactic collisions (Adrian Price-Whelan/Columbia University) Have you ever had the desire to build your own galaxies,…
The Milky Way’s Black Hole Shoots Out Brightest Flare Ever
This false-color image shows the central region of our Milky Way Galaxy as seen by Chandra. The bright, point-like source…