Supermassive Black Hole (SMBH)
A Monster Black Hole has been Found with 40 Billion Times the Mass of the Sun
If contemplating the vast size of astronomical objects makes you feel rather puny and insignificant, then this new discovery will…
Astronomers See Evidence of Supermassive Black Holes Forming Directly in the Early Universe
Super-Massive Black Holes (SMBH) are hard to explain. These gargantuan singularities are thought to be at the center of every…
This Star has been Kicked Out of the Milky Way. It Knows What It Did.
Every once in a while, the Milky Way ejects a star. The evicted star is typically ejected from the chaotic…
Here’s What the First Images from the Event Horizon Might Look Like
The Event Horizon Telescope has completed its observations. Now scientists are crunching the data and hope to soon have the…
Evidence for Thousands of Black Holes Buzzing Around the Center of the Milky Way
Using data from the Chandra X-ray observatory, a team of scientists have found evidence that indicates that thousands of black…
The Gaia Mission Could Moonlight as a Gravitational Wave Detector
A team of astronomers from the University of Cambridge recently showed how the Gaia mission could also help in the…
Supermassive Black Holes can Turn Star Formation On and Off in a Large Galaxy
A new study by a team of international astronomers has provided the first direct evidence that supermassive black holes affect…
Mysterious Filament is Stretching Down Towards the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Looking to the center of our galaxy, astronomers noted the presence of a mysterious filament extending from the supermassive black…
New Method for Researching Activity Around Quasars and Black Holes
A new method devised by a team of Chinese and US researchers could lead to accurate estimates on the masses…
Scientist Find Treasure Trove of Giant Black Hole Pairs
In two new studies by international teams of astrophysicists, a wealth of merging black hole pairs have been discovered, which…