Scientists Just Found 300 of Some of the Rarest Black Holes in the Universe
DESI, which will be scanning the sky for five more years, is expected to observe around 40 million galaxies and quasars during its lifespan. If it’s already found 300 examples of one of the universe’s greatest mysteries, who knows what else it will find.
Our Galaxy’s central black hole puts on a fireworks show
The supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy is in continuous turmoil, observations made using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed 1.
How Our Galaxy's Black Hole Was Captured
Caltech’s Katie Bouman explains how the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration captured the first imager of the Sagittarius A* Supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way galaxy - Milky Way vs M87.
7 stunning images of black holes by NASA
The image shows the galaxy NGC 4438, where a supermassive black hole is releasing huge bubbles of hot gas into space. The image captures an elliptical galaxy surrounded by a dark dust lane, seen through a ground-based telescope.
Black hole’s shadow changes from one year to the next
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This Video From NASA Shows Us How Big Supermassive Black Holes Can Actually Get
Black holes are big, in fact the smallest of them are around 100,000 times the mass of our solar system’s central star. But experts say the largest are billions of times the mass of the Sun, but what does that really look like?
Black Holes Might Not Be Objects | Black Holes Part 1
The properties of black holes that make them so bizarre.
A Black Hole Has Been Mysteriously Pulsing for Years. Scientists Might Finally Know Why.
Scientists are working to identify an oddly pulsating, supermassive black hole ( SMBH) that pulled a really weird stunt. More ...
One of the most massive black holes in the universe lurks at the center of the Cosmic Horseshoe
In 2007, astronomers discovered the Cosmic Horseshoe, a gravitationally lensed system of galaxies about 5.5 billion ...
Astrophysicists surprised by light show around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole
Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, Northwestern astrophysicists gained the longest, most detailed glimpse yet of the ...
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How do black holes 'leak' energy? Scientists have a new spin on the answer
Black holes may leak more energy to their surroundings than previously suspected — and the faster these voids spin, the more ...
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Largest-ever discovery of 'missing link' black holes revealed by dark energy camera (video)
"Dramatic activity serves as a beacon, allowing us to identify hidden black holes in these small galaxies." ...
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James Webb Telescope Reveals a Dazzling Light Show From the Milky Way’s Black Hole
Unpredictable bursts of light are pulsing from the debris surrounding Sagittarius A*, offering new insights into the ...
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Why are ‘fireworks’ coming from a black hole? This is what scientists say
Flaring hot spots that resemble solar flares are seen in the disk. A supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way ...
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Astronomers spot flares of light near the black hole at the center of our galaxy
The James Webb Space Telescope has shown that the Milky Way’s black hole is constantly blazing with light, releasing long ...
Galaxy Of Closest Pair Of Black Holes Viewable In Stunning 4K
Take a journey to 89 million light-years away from Earth to the NGC 7727 galaxy. It harbors the closest pair of supermassive ...