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Astronomers Find the Longest Black Hole Jets Ever Seen

Black holes often appear in science fiction movies, largely because elements of their existence are still a mystery. They have…

3 weeks ago

For Their Next Trick, Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Detect Collapsing Stars

The merging of black holes and neutron stars are among the most energetic events in the universe. Not only do…

2 months ago

How a Black Hole Could Eat a Neutron Star from the Inside Out

Primordial black holes are thought to have formed early in the evolution of the universe. None have been discovered yet…

2 months ago

Finally! Astronomers Find the Missing Link Between Stellar and Supermassive Black Holes

While black holes are known as the most destructive objects in the universe, their evolution is largely shrouded in mystery.…

3 months ago

Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope To Unlock Mysteries of Black Holes

The prospect of actually resolving the event horizon of black holes feels like the stuff of science fiction yet it…

3 months ago

Hot Gas is Being Vented Away from the Center of the Milky Way

Studying gas in the Universe is no easy task. We often look to ‘non-visible’ wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum such…

5 months ago

Black Holes: Why study them? What makes them so fascinating?

Over the last few months, Universe Today has explored a plethora of scientific fields, including impact craters, planetary surfaces, exoplanets,…

5 months ago

Hundreds of Massive Stars Have Simply Disappeared

The lifecycle of a star is regularly articulated as formation taking place inside vast clouds of gas and dust and…

5 months ago

After Swirling Around a Black Hole, Matter Just Falls Straight In

The physics surrounding black holes is just plain weird. A gravitational well so strong that not even light can escape…

5 months ago

Black Holes Can Halt Star Formation in Massive Galaxies

It’s difficult to actually visualise a universe that is changing. Things tend to happen at snails pace albeit with the…

6 months ago