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Using data from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) and other telescopes, astronomers have found evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole. IRS 13a dusty…
Proposed underground geometry of the Mare Tranquillitatis on the Moon Wagner and Robinson A network of caves may be hidden just beneath the Moon's surface, and…
One of the most astonishing scientific discoveries of the past decade is the abundance of black holes in the universe. These black holes come in a…
Using more than 500 images from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found evidence of a 20,000-solar-mass black hole at the center of Earth. Omega…
In December 2019, a little-known galaxy called SDSS 1335+0728, located 300 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, suddenly started glowing brighter than ever before. To…
NGC 4151 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 62 million light-years away in the northern constellation Hanabi. This artist's concept shows possible locations for iron revealed…
Using data from ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers discovered a nearby binary system of massive stars orbiting a dormant star-derived black hole over a period of 11.6…
This artist's impression shows the orbits of both a massive stellar black hole and its companion starESO/L. Calzada Astronomers have discovered Gaia-BH3, the largest stellar black…
New and impressive images of the supermassive black hole located at the center of our galaxy show that its powerful magnetic field twists and rotates in…
According to astronomers’ best models of black hole evolution, the magnetic field within the accretion disk must be strong enough to push the accreted plasma out…
Black hole Sagittarius A* seen in polarized lightEuropean Southern Observatory (ESO) This is a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy that we have…
Astronomers are gemini north telescope measured a binary supermassive black hole located within the elliptical galaxy B2 0402+379. Artist's impression of the supermassive black hole binary…
Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers observed a very red quasar-like object. A2744-QSO1 Its color suggests that A2744-QSO1's black hole lies behind a thick…
Some of the gas erupts from the supermassive black hole located at the center of galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414 (abbreviated SDSS J1531) until it reaches a…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Researchers have identified a quasar with a black hole at its center that may be the most luminous object in the universe.…
Artist's impression of record-breaking quasar J0529-4351ESO/M.Kornmesser A quasar 500 trillion times brighter than the Sun has earned the title of the brightest known object in the…
Sagittarius A*, the 4.3 million solar mass black hole at the center of the Milky Way, spins so fast that space-time around it is warped into…
Markarian 817 is the Seyfert 1 galaxy located 430 million light-years away in the constellation Draco. Also known as Mrk 817 or QSO J1436+5847, it hosts…
In a cave beneath a medieval German castle, researchers have discovered a bone pit that is said to reveal the secrets of early humans. The remains,…
In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration resolved the central black hole of the giant elliptical galaxy Messier 87 (M 87), known as M87*,…
Artist's impression of a pulsar orbiting a black hole – one possible interpretation of the mysterious binary star systemDaniel Hutseller (artsource.nl) Some 40,000 light-years away, a…
NASA/ESA/CSA Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a small, active galaxy within GN-z11, an extremely bright galaxy that existed just 420 million years…
The image on the right is the latest and best image of a black hole. EHT collaboration Thanks to an update to the world’s first black…
Researchers created tornado-like vortices in superfluid helium Yoshigin/Shutterstock Giant quantum vortices could allow researchers to study black holes. This vortex is a special form of liquid…
May 2023, Shendi Take 1 drilling site in Xinjiang, China Xinhua/Shutterstock This year, China National Petroleum Corporation began drilling what will be China’s deepest hole and…
Princeton researchers have found that the M87* black hole emits energy outward, contributing to the formation of a giant jet. This discovery challenges traditional views about…
black hole butt Roger Sharp added another item to his summary of feedback about black holes that can be found on surface maps of our planet…