Black Hole
Australian Researchers Discover 'Fastest Growing' Black Hole Ever Recorded
The supermassive black hole has a mass around 17 billion times that of the sun.
Astronomers Discover Oldest Black Hole Ever Observed, and It’s Feasting
An exceptionally old and luminous black hole is challenging what astronomers understand about their birth and evolution.
Physicists Propose Way to Harvest Incredible Energy From Black Holes In Wild Paper
Primordial black holes can theoretically be turned into powerful and rechargeable "batteries," a new paper says. But it has some supermassive caveats.
Astronomers Discover Hundreds of Mysterious 'Structures' at the Center of Our Galaxy
“It’s a large region that is very rich in structures and we're basically studying them one at a time,” said one researcher.
Scientists Have Solved a Mystery About the Most Powerful Objects in the Universe
Quasars are the most radiant and powerful objects in the entire universe, but nobody knew how they were triggered—until now.
Scientists Spot Black Hole Energy Beam as Bright as 1,000 Trillion Suns Pointed at Earth
So-called relativistic jets of energetic particles are stunning, destructive spectacles, and this one was "unprecedented."
NASA Has Captured ‘Actual Sound’ in Space and It’s Honestly Terrifying
In space, no one can hear you scream—until now.
This Is the First-Ever Image of the Supermassive Black Hole at Our Galaxy’s Center
“You are the first to see our image of the black hole in the center of our galaxy—as close as it gets,” said one of the scientists who led the imaging mission.
Scientists Seek Origin of Mysterious Gigantic Bubble Structures In Our Galaxy
The Milky Way recently blew a gasket, according to a space instrument that was recently switched off over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
New Image of a Black Hole's Powerful Jets Is Challenging Scientists' Theories
The Event Horizon Telescope has taken the best images yet of a radiant jet shooting out of the nearest active galaxy to the Milky Way.
Scientists Think They Found a 'Unicorn' Black Hole Close to Earth
Located 1,500 light years away, the 'Unicorn' is the closest known black hole and is also unusually small.
Scientists Just Found a ‘Restless’ Supermassive Black Hole Wandering in Space
We’ve always thought of supermassive black holes as stationary objects sitting tight while everything swirls around them. Until now.