When it comes to primordial black holes suspected of being dark matter, their alibi may not hold up. Tiny black holes created within seconds of the universe’s birth may survive …
The newly discovered black hole has a mass 33 times that of the sun. This easily surpasses the previous record for a stellar black hole in our galaxy (about 20 …
Astronomers have discovered the most massive stellar black hole known in the Milky Way after detecting an unusual wobble in space. It is Gaia BH3, its mass is nearly 33 …
Princeton University researchers have found that the M87* black hole expels energy outwards, helping to create giant jets. The discovery, rooted in Einstein’s theory of relativity, challenges conventional views of …
Hypothetical map of the interstellar medium distribution of active galactic nuclei based on current observations. High-density molecular gas from the galaxy flows along the disk surface toward the black hole. …
The new space telescope, due to launch in January 2024, will observe the universe with a revolutionary “lobster eye”, looking for X-ray bursts originating from some of the most powerful …
An artist’s impression of a small black hole placed at the center of the sun in a thought experiment. Image source: Wikimedia/Creative Commons. In hypothetical scenarios, small primordial black holes …
New research theorizes that a handful of primordial black holes that zipped through the universe shortly after the Big Bang may have been captured by stars, and that these ancient …
Image source: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain This is a classic tale of apocalyptic fiction. The sun, our precious source of heat and light, collapses into a black hole. Or maybe a …
This computer-simulated image shows the supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The black area in the center represents the black hole’s event horizon, where no light can …