black hole Archives - Universe Today

The Black Hole Ultimate Solar System: a Supermassive Black Hole, 9 Stars and 550 Planets

15 Jun , 2018 by Matt Williams

Physicist Dr. Sean Raymond recently created a hypothetical system where 550 planets and 9 Suns orbit around a central black hole, with fascinating results!

This is What Happens When a Black Hole Gobbles up a Star

31 May , 2018 by Matt Williams

An international team of scientists recently created a unified model that shows what happens when stars are consumed by a Supermassive Black Hole.

Here’s Something Strange, the Afterglow From Last Year’s Kilonova is Continuing to Brighten

22 Jan , 2018 by Matt Williams

Contrary to what was expected, a team of astronomers has discovered that kilonova event has been brightening ever since it first appeared

A Black Hole is Pushing the Stars Around in this Globular Cluster

19 Jan , 2018 by Matt Williams

An international team of astronomers recently made the first-ever observation of a black hole in a nearby globular cluster

Astronomers Figure Out How Black Holes Can Blast Out Relativistic Jets of Material Across Light Years of Space

12 Jan , 2018 by Matt Williams

Thanks to a recent study by an international team of researchers, scientists now know why rapidly-spinning black holes blast out jets of charged particles.

Kilonova Neutron Star Collision Probably Left Behind a Black Hole

19 Dec , 2017 by Matt Williams

According to a new study, the recent merger of two neutron stars (which was detected thanks to the gravitational waves it created) most likely led to the creation of a black hole.

New Method for Researching Activity Around Quasars and Black Holes

1 Nov , 2017 by Matt Williams

A new method devised by a team of Chinese and US researchers could lead to accurate estimates on the masses of supermassive black holes.

Gravitational Astronomy? How Detecting Gravitational Waves Changes Everything

18 Jun , 2017 by Fraser Cain

We’ve now had multiple detections of gravitational waves, opening up a whole new field: gravitational astronomy. We talk about the detections made so far, and how we can see the Universe in a whole new way.

Podcast (audio): Download (Duration: 10:17 — 3.5MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS

Podcast (video): Download (Duration: 10:17 — 132.6MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS

Illustration of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF

Black Hole Imaged For First Time By Event Horizon Telescope

15 Apr , 2017 by Matt Williams

Thanks to an international effort and multiple radio telescopes, astronomers have visualized an event horizon for the first time.

Watch Stars Orbit The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole

24 Mar , 2017 by Bob King

Watch several dozen stars in the center of our galaxy circle a massive, black “nothing.”

Universe TodaySpace and astronomy news