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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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This is the first-ever image of a black hole.

All Your Questions About the New Black Hole Image Answered

By Yasemin Saplakoglu

Yesterday, Earthlings first laid eyes on an actual image of a black hole — turning what lived only in our collective imaginations into concrete reality.

This photo is the historic first image of a supermassive black hole ever recorded. It shows the shadow of the monster black hole inside the distant galaxy M87.

The Future of Black Hole Photography: What's Next for the Event Horizon Telescope

By Mike Wall

The researchers who captured the first-ever images of a black hole don't plan to rest on their laurels.

It took eight telescopes and more than 200 astronomers to produce an astonishing, never-before-seen image of a distant black hole.

Why Is the First-Ever Black Hole Photo an Orange Ring?

By Mindy Weisberger

Researchers' data showed the black hole at the heart of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87).

black hole particles escaping

Black Hole Quiz: How Well Do You Know Nature's Weirdest Creations?

By Space.com Staff

Do you know your Schwarzschild radius from your Chandrasekhar limit? Find out here.

Google celebrated the first image of a black hole from the Event Horizon Telescope with this Google doodle on April 10, 2019.

Google Doodle Celebrates the 1st Black Hole Image by the Event Horizon Telescope

By Tariq Malik

When scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope unveiled the first image of a black hole April 10, astronomers around the world rejoiced. And so did Google.

Albert Einstein at the blackboard.

Historic First Images of a Black Hole Show Einstein Was Right (Again)

By Mike Wall

Albert Einstein's towering genius is on display yet again.

A simulated image by the University of Arizona shows the turbulent plasma in the extreme environment around a supermassive black hole.

How the Event Horizon Telescope Hunts for Black Hole Silhouettes

By Charles Q. Choi

The secret of the project's success is linking radio dishes across the globe to create a virtual telescope about the size of Earth.

The Event Horizon Telescope, a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration, captured this image of the supermassive black hole in the center of the galaxy M87 and its shadow.

Eureka! Scientists Photograph a Black Hole for the 1st Time

By Mike Wall

For the first time ever, humanity has photographed a black hole, shining light on an exotic realm that had long been beyond our ken.

A still from a CGI animation in the Science Channel program, "Black Holes: The First Image," premiering April 10 at 10 p.m. EDT/PDT.

'Monster Black Hole: The First Image' Premieres Tonight on Science Channel (Video)

By Doris Elin Urrutia

Learn how a scientific team used radio telescopes to peer past galactic clouds of dust and gas trying to take the first-ever photograph a black hole.

A supermassive black hole, as visualized in the 2014 sci-fi blockbuster "Interstellar."

Event Horizon Telescope to Unveil Big Black Hole News Today! Watch Live

By Mike Wall

The Event Horizon Telescope project is unveiling a major black hole discovery Wednesday morning (April 10) at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT), and you can watch the event live.

A visualization from a supercomputer simulation shows how positrons behave near the event horizon of a rotating black hole.

What Exactly Is a Black Hole Event Horizon (and What Happens There)?

By Charles Q. Choi

On Wednesday (April 10), the international Event Horizon Telescope project will release the first results from its plan to image black holes. But what exactly is an event horizon?

A still of a video simulation that shows what a black hole shadow might look like. The animation was featured in a short movie about the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project, produced by Peter Galison and Chyld King. Watch a livestreamed announcement of the Event Horizon Telescope's first results on April 10, 2019 at 9 a.m. EDT here: Nsf.gov/blackholes

The Event Horizon Telescope Is Trying to Take the First-Ever Photo of a Black Hole

By Doris Elin Urrutia

Astronomers orchestrated radio dish telescopes across the world into an Earth-size virtual camera for a bold new experiment attempting to deliver the first-ever image of a black hole.

As two supermassive black holes spiral around one another and merge, they create gravitational waves. With enough energy, they can "kick" themselves out of their starting spot, or even completely out of their home galaxy.

A Newborn Monster Black Hole May Get the Boot When Its Parent Galaxies Collide

By Nola Taylor Redd

The most massive black hole mergers can hurl the new, combined object free from their galaxy.

A computer-simulation view of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a galaxy. The edge of the black central region represents the event horizon, beyond which no light can escape.

'Groundbreaking Result' Coming from Black-Hole Hunting Event Horizon Telescope Next Week

By Mike Wall

We may be about to get an epic and unprecedented look at a black hole.

An artist's conception of a quasar surrounding a supermassive black hole, which has a mass many times that of Earth's sun. Although nothing that falls into the black hole can escape, its massive gravity accelerates an "accretion disk" of luminous particles and gases around it.

83 Gargantuan Black Holes Spotted Guzzling Down Dinner at the Edge of the Universe

By Stephanie Pappas

The supermassive black holes were birthed during the universe's infancy.

Scientists have re-created the trajectory of a massive "hyperfast star," finding that the object was ejected from the Milky Way disk, not the galactic center as previously believed.

Weird 'Hypervelocity Star' Booted Out of Milky Way's Disk

By Mike Wall

The monster black hole at the Milky Way's heart isn't the only beast capable of booting stars out of the galaxy, a new study suggests.

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Physicists May Have Found a Way to 'Untangle' Information Trapped in a Black Hole

By Adam Mann

Scrambled particles provide a window into a black hole's heart.

The galaxy NGC 3079, located 67 million light-years from Earth, appears to be blowing two enormous gas bubbles near its galactic center. This combined X-ray and optical light image reveals the superbubbles in their gassy glory.

A Pair of Gargantuan Space Bubbles Might Be Spitting Cosmic Rays at Earth

By Brandon Specktor

Everybody loves blowing bubbles — even galaxies!

new sky map based on LOFAR telescope network.

Scientists Hit Cosmic Jackpot with Discovery of 300,000 Distant Galaxies

By Mike Wall

Astronomers have spotted hundreds of thousands of previously unknown galaxies, a raft of new studies reports.

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How Do Particles Escape Black Holes? Supercomputers May Have the Answer

By Hanneke Weitering