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NASA image may show first-ever 'rogue' supermassive black hole, leaving a trail of newborn stars in its wake
A supermassive black hole may have been kicked out of its galaxy after two other black holes moved …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Supermassive black hole bigger than 7 billion Suns is spinning so fast that it's close to breaking the laws of physics
Chandra’s X-ray data showed that M87 was spinning between 2.4 to 6.3 times faster than the speed of…
Astronomers find 2 supermassive black holes — the nearest to Earth ever discovered — are merging into a 'monster'
Scientists said the pair of black holes is 89 million light-years away from Earth in the NGC 7727 g…
Jake Epstein,Morgan McFall-Jo…
The first-ever supermassive black hole to be captured on camera has a wobbly shadow
Now, using data that spans back over a decade, data collected from the project shows that the sh…
Astronomers are baffled after spotting strange cosmic flares that have 10 billion times more power than the sun
Astronomers spotted at least 14 irregular and highly energetic bursts in deep space, each lasting o…
Marianne Guenot
Einstein's theory of general relativity just got 500 times harder to beat thanks to the first-ever black hole to be caught on camera
"Using the gauge we developed, we showed that the measured size of the black hole shadow in M8…
Astronomers thought it was one massive black hole — but it's actually cluster of smaller black holes with a whole lot of energy
In an unexpected finding, astronomers have discovered a concentration of smaller black holes, inste…
Photos show electrons from galaxies about a billion light-years away creating 2 'dancing ghosts' in the sky
Scientists were "baffled" by the shape of the clouds, which is unlike anything seen before with the…
Marianne Guenot
A black hole warped space-time so much that astronomers saw flashes of light from its far side
Albert Einstein predicted that black holes warp space-time, and astronomers just saw the proof - fl…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Scientists detect light behind a black hole for the first time, proving Einstein's Theory
In 2017, astronomers took a giant leap by capturing the first-ever image of the darkest object i…
Scientists spotted jets of hot gas whizzing out of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a nearby galaxy
Authors of a new study reveal how they imaged plasma jets shooting out of a black hole nestled insi…
Aylin Woodward
Colliding black holes the size of Lucknow merged to create light for the first time
A black hole merger between two partner black holes — with a combined mass of 150 suns but only as …
A black hole bigger than the sun is pulling on the fabric of space and time
Black holes are generally known for pulling in any item that crosses their path using their gravi…
An average neutron star is 1.4 times the mass of the Sun — but it’s no bigger than a city in size
On average, a neutron star has 1.4 times the density of the Sun. However, the Sun is more than…
This year's black hole photography gets called off due to coronavirus concerns
Since it’s unlikely that the pandemic will end by then, Event Horizon Telescope believes tha…
Supermassive black hole traps six galaxies in a 'spider web' that is 300 times bigger than the Milky Way
This is the first time that such a large number of galaxies have been spotted so close to …
Scientists captured the first-ever picture of a supermassive black hole in the middle of a feeding frenzy — and it’s a little twisted
It’s called a quasar because it’s actively sucking in material, creating a very bright cen…
Supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is beating faster than ever before
However, an increasing number of studies are pointing to the possibility that this may no long…
Watch 2 supermassive black holes dance around each other in a mesmerizing NASA animation
Black holes are encircled by a glowing disk of hot gas. When one black hole approaches another, its…
Aylin Woodward
Invisible massive galaxies producing 1,000 suns a year could rewrite how the universe works
Billions of light years away and invisible to the naked eye, 39 massive galaxies are generating sta…