You Searched For "Black hole image" and got 14 results
Sort By:
1 min read
Images show what it's like to fall into a black hole
But not just any black hole — a supermassive black hole with 4.3 million times the mass of our sun.…
Ellyn Lapointe,Jessica Orwig
3 mins read
This new photo of a supermassive black hole is unlike any before, showing powerful magnetic fields spiraling around it
A new photo of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole taken from the Event Horizon Telescope shows…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
1 min read
A supermassive black hole is actually losing energy instead of gobbling it all up, new research shows
Scientists have long believed that magnetic fields could suck energy out of black holes, but they d…
Sonam Sheth
2 mins read
Black hole image supports Einstein's theory of gravity, disappointing scientists who are probing for cracks
Researchers captured the first image of our galaxy's supermassive black hole. It could help confirm…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
5 mins read
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
2 mins read
Scientists capture first direct image of a supermassive black hole, 6.5 billion times the size of the sun, spewing out jets of plasma
Astronomers hope the discovery will help us understand exactly how these jets are created — s…
Marianne Guenot
2 mins read
NASA telescope images reveal brightest explosion ever recorded, as a star collapses into a black hole
Astronomers think the powerful gamma-ray burst comes from a supernova: the collapse of a dying star…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
3 mins read
Images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal tiny flares shooting from a 'hole' in the sun. They could explain how the sun blasts Earth with charged particles.
Solar Orbiter's discovery of these jets, called "picoflares," could solve the mystery of how the su…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
4 mins read
Meet the black hole at the center of our galaxy: Scientists just took its picture for the first time
Researchers unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole lurking at the heart of our gal…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Paola R…
2 mins read
Scientists might reveal the first photo of our galaxy's central black hole on Thursday. Watch their announcement live.
Seven research institutions are holding simultaneous press conferences to announce what's being bil…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
1 min read
Artificial intelligence may have just given astronomers a better idea of what black holes really look like
A machine learning algorithm created by researchers seems to have provided a clearer image of the M…
Aaron McDade
3 mins read
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics discover three supermassive black holes merging together
The rare occurrence in the nearby universe indicates that small merging groups are ideal laborat…
3 mins read
A stunning photo from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals 3 galaxies colliding
Galaxies merging together create starbursts and supermassive black hole collisions. The new James W…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
2 mins read
NASA released an audio clip of a black hole, and it's pretty spooky
Black holes push waves of pressure through the galaxies around them. It can sound like a wailing al…