In this artist’s representation, the merger of two neutron stars to form a black hole (hidden within bright bulge at center of image) generated opposing,…
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[unable to retrieve full-text content] In 2020 a team led by European Southern Observatory (ESO) astronomers reported the closest black hole to Earth, located just…
A supermassive black holeA black hole is a place in space where the pull of gravity is so strong not even light can escape it.…
Researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, found that the axis of rotation of a black holeA black hole is a place in space where…
This artist’s concept shows two candidate supermassive black holes at the heart of a quasar called PKS 2131-021. In this view of the system, gravity…
Artist’s conception of a tidal disruption event (TDE), a star being shredded by the powerful gravity of a supermassive black hole. Material from the star…
This illustration shows what the core of Messier 77 might look like. As other active galactic nuclei, the central region of Messier 77 is powered…
Animation of a spinning neutron star in space. Neutron stars are directly observable, usually as “pulsars” – the lighthouses of the cosmos. Credit: NASA’s Goddard…
Image of a Wolf Rayet star – potentially before collapsing into a black hole. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada Astronomers are increasingly drawing back the curtains on…
This illustration shows what the core of Messier 77 might look like. As other active galactic nuclei, the central region of Messier 77 is powered…
One of the major issues in general relativity that separates it from other descriptions of the universe, like quantum physics, is the existence of singularities.…
Astronomers famously snapped the first-ever direct image of a black holeA black hole is a place in space where the pull of gravity is so…
Dude, what if everything around us was just … a hologram? The thing is, it could be—and a University of Michigan physicist is using quantum…
Microlensing strikes again. Astronomers have been using the technique to detect everything from rogue planets to the most distant star ever seen. Now, astronomers have…
A top-down view of a black hole during the lead-up to a flare. Hot plasma initially flows into the black hole. As the magnetic field…
The first image taken of the compact object at the heart of M87. Researchers consider this to be a supermassive black hole, but a new…
With a new computational approach, SISSA researchers have been able to make the fascinating calculation. Moreover, according to their work, around 1% of the overall…
Chandra has detected X-rays from the dwarf galaxy Mrk 462, which reveals the presence of a growing supermassive black hole. This black hole contains about…
Artist’s concept illustration of a supermassive black hole emitting an x-ray jet. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech An international team of researchers, led by postgraduate student Alexis Andrés,…
Chandra has detected X-rays from the dwarf galaxy Mrk 462, which reveals the presence of a growing supermassive black hole. This black hole contains about…