Latest about Black Holes
'The beacons were lit!' Scientists name merging supermassive black holes after 'Lord of the Rings' locations
Scientists have named two systems of colliding supermassive black holes after Lord of the Rings locations, Gondor and Rohan.
Astronomers witness vanishing star collapse into a black hole in Andromeda galaxy
Astronomers tracked a star in Andromeda as it dimmed and vanished without the usual fiery explosion, offering rare clues to how black holes form.
This supermassive black hole jet is more powerful than the Death Star's laser
It's nicknamed Jetty McJetface.
Did astronomers see a black hole explode? An 'impossible' particle that hit Earth in 2023 may tell us
"If our hypothesized dark charge is true, then we believe there could be a significant population of primordial black holes, which would be consistent with other astrophysical observations, and account for all the missing dark matter in the universe."
Astronomers watch 1st black hole ever imaged launch a 3,000‑light‑year‑long cosmic jet from its glowing 'shadow'
"It is amazing to see that we are gradually moving towards combining these breakthrough observations across multiple frequencies and completing the picture of the jet launching region."
Are mysterious 'Little Red Dots' discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope actually nurseries for direct-collapse black holes?
"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe."
A black hole 'feeding frenzy' could help explain a cosmic mystery uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope
"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe."
Reborn black hole seen erupting across 1 million light-years of space like a cosmic volcano
"It's like watching a cosmic volcano erupt again after ages of calm — except this one is big enough to carve out structures stretching nearly a million light-years across space."
