This Faraway Star Looks Weird. It May Be Because There’s a Black Hole Inside It.
Here is what you will learn when you read this story: Little red dots (LRDs) observed by the…
Two Orbiting Black Holes Caught On Camera For The First Time In History
For decades, scientists have suspected that some quasars, which are regarded as some of the brightest objects in…
Astronomers capture first-ever image of two black holes orbiting each other
Astronomers had long suspected that certain quasars—those brilliant, otherworldly light sources fueled by supermassive black holes—could harbor two…
Supermassive Black Holes Might Not Be So Super After All
Scientists from the Australian National University have published findings that call into question basic understandings of the nature…
Astronomers Just Found the Earliest Known Black Hole, and It’s a Monster That Shouldn’t Exist
Artist representation of CAPERS-LRD-z9, home to the earliest confirmed black hole. The supermassive black hole at its center…
Supermassive black holes ‘may not be as massive as previously thought’
Supermassive black holes are not as massive as previously thought, according to a new discovery by scientists. Astronomers…
NASA’s Chandra Finds Black Hole With Tremendous Growth
A black hole is growing at one of the fastest rates ever recorded, according to a team of…
How Big Can a Black Hole Get?
In the early 1960s astronomers discovered a monster. Something in the constellation of Virgo was pouring out radio…
If nothing escapes a black hole, could one really swallow the entire universe?
In reality, a black hole’s gravitational influence is limited. Like any other massive object, its pull weakens with…