Black Holes
When do Black Holes Become Active? The Case of the Strangely-Shaped Galaxy Mrk 273
The Hubble image above shows a strange galaxy, known as Mrk 273. The odd shape – including the infrared bright…
Weekly Space Hangout – Aug. 16, 2013
Like your space news, but you just can't handle reading any more? Then watch our Weekly Space Hangout, where we…
Star’s Dying Gasp May Signal Black Hole’s Birth
A distinctive flash of light emanating from a dying star may make it possible for astronomers to watch a black…
Astronomers Watch as a Black Hole Eats a Rogue Planet
In Star Wars, the Millennium Falcon narrowly escaped being devoured by an exogorth (space slug) slumbering inside an asteroid crater.…
Super-fast Duo: Black Hole and Star Break Speed Records
A group of telescopes and astronomers have worked together to help identify a star and a black hole that orbit…
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…
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…
Stirred, Not Shaken. Black Hole Antics Puff Up Whopper of a Galaxy
Its massive gravitational field warping space, the huge elliptical galaxy A2261-BCG, seems to have a diffuse halo of stars instead…
Astronomers Find Ultimate Oxymoron: A Small Supermassive Black Hole
There's jumbo shrimp and accurate rumors; now there's even a mini supermassive black hole. Astronomers have identified the smallest supermassive…
Integral: Ten Years Tracking Extreme Radiation Across the Universe
Caption: Artist's impression of ESA's orbiting gamma-ray observatory Integral. Image credit: ESA Integral, ESA's International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory launched ten…