Black Holes

A black hole is a location in space that possesses so much gravity, nothing can escape its pull, even light. Learn more about what black holes are and the latest news.

Related Topics: Dark Matter, The Big Bang Theory, Gravitational Waves, The Theory of Relativity in Space 

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A large cluster of stars

A 'trove' of black hole discoveries emerge from dwarf galaxies

By Elizabeth Howell published

These finds could shed light on how supermassive black holes form in galaxies like our Milky Way.

Two black holes surrounded by yellow rings spiral into each other

A black hole formed by a lopsided merger may have gone rogue

By Robert Lea published

Astronomers have spotted the first evidence of a merger event that gave a black hole a kick that left it traveling at around 3 million mph — fast enough for it to escape its host galaxy.

three telescope dishes point up to the Milky Way with the black hole inset

Say hello to Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy

By Chris Impey published

Here's everything you need to know about our local supermassive black hole.

A Spitzer image of M87

What does a giant black hole and its galaxy sound like?

By Scott Dutfield published

Meet the newest stars on the music scene. Well, not stars precisely.

Rows of servers belonging to the Frontera supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center.

Building a better black hole with supercomputer simulations

By Keith Cooper published

Astronomers used a perhaps unlikely tool to understand what they saw in their historic first image of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.

An image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, a behemoth dubbed Sagittarius A*, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope on May 12, 2022.

After snapping a photo of the Milky Way's monster black hole, scientists dream of videos

By Keith Cooper published

The Event Horizon Telescope is ready to take its next steps by capturing movies of gas flowing turbulently onto a black hole.

An Arcade Fire band promo image.

Monster black holes fuel Arcade Fire's cosmic album and performance (video)

By Steve Spaleta published

Arcade Fire's Win Butler talks with Space.com about the band's new record "We" and the black holes that helped inspire it.

An image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, a behemoth dubbed Sagittarius A*, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope on May 12, 2022.

Yes, the new photo of the Milky Way's monster black hole looks fuzzy. Here's why it isn't.

By Elizabeth Howell published

Capturing the first-ever image of the Milky Way's black hole was no easy task.

A comparison of Event Horizon Telescope views of the black holes at the center of the galaxy M87, on the left, and of the one in the Milky Way, at right.

Milky Way vs M87: Event Horizon Telescope photos show 2 very different monster black holes

By Meghan Bartels published

Three years after the first-ever image of a black hole, scientists have done it again — this time, closer to home, and of a very different invisible behemoth.

An image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, a behemoth dubbed Sagittarius A*, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope on May 12, 2022.

Sagittarius A* in pictures: The 1st photo of the Milky Way's monster black hole explained in images

By Elizabeth Howell published

On May 12, 2022, scientists unveiled the first-ever image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Here's the discovery in pictures.

An image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, a behemoth dubbed Sagittarius A*, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope on May 12, 2022.

The 1st photo of the Milky Way's monster black hole has scientists over the moon. Here's why.

By Elizabeth Howell published

Today, scientists unveiled the first-ever photo of the supermassive black hole that lurks there, offering a completely new view of our home galaxy.

An image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

With the Milky Way's black hole revealed, one big mystery still remains, Nobel Prize winner says

By Tereza Pultarova published

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Reinhard Genzel talks to Space.com about outstanding questions about the black hole at the center of our galaxy that scientists want to answer.

An image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, a behemoth dubbed Sagittarius A*, revealed by the Event Horizon Telescope on May 12, 2022.

Behold! This is the first photo of the Milky Way's monster black hole Sagittarius A*

By Keith Cooper published

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) has captured a historic first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

This is the first-ever image of a black hole as seen by the Event Horizon Telescope.

Watch the Event Horizon Telescope's 'groundbreaking' Milky Way discovery online today

By Stefanie Waldek published

Science institutions around the world will stream press conferences announcing the discovery; here's your guide to tuning in.

An artist's depiction of a black hole.

Watch black holes and the stars that feed them dance in this mesmerizing NASA video

By Callum McKelvie published

A new NASA video shows some of the black holes closes to Earth, as well as the stars that feed them.

An artist's depiction of a supermassive black hole before flaring up.

Monster black hole might have executed a magnetic 'flip'

By Elizabeth Howell published

A black hole might have reversed its magnetic field right before our eyes.

An artist's illustration of a supermassive black hole. Swirling orange lines surround a central black circle.

Black holes: Everything you need to know

By Nola Taylor Tillman, Daisy Dobrijevic, Ben Biggs published

Reference Black holes are real, they're some of the strangest objects in space. Discover what black holes are and how they form with our informative black hole guide.

Black holes feed on surrounding gas and dust, producing bursts of bright X-ray light that bounce and echo off the infalling material.

Listen to the 'echoes' of black holes chowing down on stars

By Samantha Mathewson published

Researchers have detected eight new "echoing" black hole systems in the Milky Way, and they sound like passing through an eerie wind tunnel.

The barred spiral galaxy M1 captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

See a behemoth black hole and spiral galaxy like only the Hubble telescope can

By Samantha Mathewson published

A monstrous black hole lies at the center of a distant galaxy photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.

There's a 'groundbreaking' result coming concerning the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

'Groundbreaking' Milky Way results from telescope network behind 1st black hole image coming soon

By Elizabeth Howell published

Earth's planet-scale observatory network, best known for creating the first-ever image of a black hole, is ready to report new results about the center of our Milky Way galaxy.