Black Holes
Astronomers Have Never Detected Merging Supermassive Black Holes. That Might Be About to Change
A new study suggests that pulsars could act as natural gravitational wave sensors, setting limits on supermassive black hole mergers…
Pulsars Could Help Map the Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way
The BlackHoleCam project, part of the Event Horizon Telescope consortium, will use the powerful EHT array to search for pulsars…
If Black Holes Evaporate, Everything Evaporates
Stephen Hawking predicted that black holes wouldn't last forever, eventually evaporating into a smear of particles. According to a new…
When Black Holes Merge, They'll Ring Like a Bell
How a merged black hole rings as it settles into a stable form holds clues to a better understanding of…
Where Are the Missing Black Holes? The Hubble May Have Helped Find One
Most black holes are stellar mass black holes. They're created when a star several times more massive than our Sun…
Galactic Black Hole Winds Blow Up to a Third the Speed of Light. The Impact on Their Galaxies is Impressive.
A new study by the SUper massive Black hole Winds in the x-rAYS (SUBWAYS) project explores the role of "space…
Black Holes Might be Defects in Spacetime
A team of theoretical physicists have discovered a strange structure in space-time that to an outside observer would look exactly…
Advanced Life Should Have Already Peaked Billions of Years Ago
Did humanity miss the party? Are SETI, the Drake Equation, and the Fermi Paradox all just artifacts of our ignorance…
Black Hole Event Horizons Can Get So Big it'll Boggle Your Imagination
Some black holes are truly monsters, and astronomers are pretty good at determining just how large they are.
Gaze at a Nearby Actively Feeding Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers recently shared a new image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope of the galaxy NGC 4395. This relatively diffuse…