Latest about Black Holes
Astronomers discover rogue black hole speeding through distant dwarf galaxy
Astronomers have discovered a rogue intermediate mass black hole blasting out jets over 3,000 light-years from the heart of its home galaxy, where it would usually lurk.
Scientists say there's a 90% chance we could spot an exploding black hole in the next decade
New research suggests that if primordial black holes exist, there is a 90% chance our telescopes could detect one exploding in the next 10 years.
Small black holes are surprisingly messy eaters, Japanese spacecraft discovers: 'Being surprised is good'
It isn't just supermassive black holes that are messy eaters. Using a Japanese space telescope called XRISM, scientists have found that small black holes are a "hot mess," too.
Could black hole mergers finally solve the Hubble tension? Probably not
Astronomers just ruled out merging black holes as a possible solution to a giant discrepancy plaguing cosmology.
X-ray telescope finds something unexpected with the 'heartbeat black hole'
Unexpected X-ray polarization challenges long-held ideas about how black holes behave.
Meet 'lite intermediate black holes,' the supermassive black hole's smaller, much more mysterious cousin
There's a gap in black hole masses, and experts believe here is where 'lite intermediate black holes' reside.
Scientists find oldest-known black hole in the universe: 'This is about as far back as you can practically go'
A newfound supermassive black hole from the dawn of the universe challenges how early cosmic giants formed.
The biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find one with mass of 36 billion suns
Scientists have tapped into gravitational lensing and stellar dynamics to confirm the existence of a black hole with 36 billion solar masses.
