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Black Holes News
April 24, 2020
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ESO Telescope Sees Star Dance Around Supermassive Black Hole, Proves Einstein Right

Apr. 16, 2020 — Observations have revealed for the first time that a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky ... read more

Cosmic Tempest: Astronomers Detect Most Energetic Outflow from a Distant Quasar

Apr. 14, 2020 — Researchers have detected the most energetic wind from any quasar ever measured. This outflow, traveling at nearly 13 percent of the speed of light, ... read more

First-Ever Photo Proof of Powerful Jet Emerging from Colliding Galaxies

Apr. 7, 2020 — Researchers have reported the first detection of a relativistic on-axis jet emerging from two colliding galaxies -- the first photographic proof that merging galaxies can produce jets of fast-moving ... read more
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Hubble Finds Best Evidence for Elusive Mid-Sized Black Hole

Mar. 31, 2020 — Astronomers have found the best evidence for the perpetrator of a cosmic homicide: a black hole of an elusive class known as 'intermediate-mass,' which betrayed its existence ... read more
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Planet-Mass Objects in Extragalactic Systems

Dec. 12, 2019 — A research group is reporting the detection of extragalactic planet-mass objects in a second and third galaxy beyond the Milky Way after the first detection in 2018. With the existing observational ... read more

Bizarre Worlds Orbiting a Black Hole?

Nov. 25, 2019 — Theoreticians in two different fields defied the common knowledge that planets orbit stars like the Sun. They proposed the possibility of thousands of planets around a supermassive black ... read more

The Simultaneous Merging of Giant Galaxies

Nov. 21, 2019 — Scientists proved for the first time that the galaxy NGC 6240 contains three supermassive black holes. The unique observations show the black holes close to each other in the core of the galaxy. The ... read more

How to Observe a 'Black Hole Symphony' Using Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Nov. 18, 2019 — Astrophysicists present a compelling roadmap for capturing intermediate-mass black hole ... read more

Black Hole Mergers: Cooking With Gas

Nov. 13, 2019 — Gravitational wave detectors are finding black hole mergers in the universe at the rate of one per week. If these mergers occur in empty space, researchers cannot see associated light that is needed ... read more

A Runaway Star Ejected from the Galactic Heart of Darkness

Nov. 12, 2019 — Astronomers have spotted an ultrafast star, traveling at a blistering 6 million km/h, that was ejected by the supermassive black hole at the heart at the Milky Way five million years ago. The ... read more

'Pac-Man-Like' Mergers Could Explain Massive, Spinning Black Holes

Nov. 8, 2019 — Scientists have reported detecting gravitational waves from 10 black hole mergers to date, but they are still trying to explain the origins of those mergers. The largest merger detected so far seems ... read more

Scientists May Have Discovered Whole New Class of Black Holes

Oct. 31, 2019 — New research shows that astronomers' search for black holes might have been missing an entire class of black holes that they didn't know existed. Astronomers offer a new way to search for ... read more

How to Spot a Wormhole (If They Exist)

Oct. 23, 2019 — Whether wormholes exist is up for debate. But in a recent article, physicists describe a technique for detecting these ... read more

Stormy Cluster Weather Could Unleash Black Hole Power and Explain Lack of Cosmic Cooling

Oct. 17, 2019 — 'Weather' in clusters of galaxies may explain a longstanding puzzle. Scientists have now used sophisticated simulations to show how powerful jets from supermassive black holes are disrupted ... read more

Going Against the Flow Around a Supermassive Black Hole

Oct. 15, 2019 — At the center of a galaxy called NGC 1068, a supermassive black hole hides within a thick doughnut-shaped cloud of dust and gas. When astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array ... read more

Black Holes Stunt Growth of Dwarf Galaxies

Oct. 11, 2019 — Astronomers have discovered that powerful winds driven by supermassive black holes in the centers of dwarf galaxies have a significant impact on the evolution of these galaxies by suppressing star ... read more

Not Long Ago, the Center of the Milky Way Exploded

Oct. 6, 2019 — A titanic, expanding beam of energy sprang from close to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way just 3.5 million years ago, sending a cone-shaped burst of radiation through both ... read more

Massive Filaments Fuel the Growth of Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes

Oct. 3, 2019 — Based on direct observations researchers have discovered massive filaments between galaxies in a proto-cluster, extending over more than 1 million parsecs and providing the fuel for intense formation ... read more

Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies, Growing Old Together

Sep. 30, 2019 — The 'special relationship' between supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and their hosts -- something astronomers and physicists have observed for quite a while -- can now be understood as a ... read more

Scientists Watch a Black Hole Shredding a Star

Sep. 26, 2019 — A satellite searching space for new planets gave astronomers an unexpected glimpse at a black hole ripping a star to shreds. The milestone was reached with the help of a worldwide network of robotic ... read more

A Black Hole's Warped World

Sep. 25, 2019 — A new visualization of a black hole illustrates how its gravity distorts our view, warping its surroundings as if viewed in a funhouse ... read more

Six Galaxies Undergoing Sudden, Dramatic Transitions

Sep. 18, 2019 — Astronomers observed six mild-mannered LINER galaxies suddenly and surprisingly transforming into ravenous quasars -- home to the brightest of all active galactic nuclei. The team's observations ... read more

Most Massive Neutron Star Ever Detected, Almost Too Massive to Exist

Sep. 16, 2019 — Astronomers have discovered the most massive neutron star to date, a rapidly spinning pulsar approximately 4,600 light-years from Earth. This record-breaking object is teetering on the edge of ... read more

Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy Appears to Be Getting Hungrier

Sep. 11, 2019 — The enormous black hole at the center of our galaxy is having an unusually large meal, and researchers don't know why. 'We have never seen anything like this in the 24 years we have studied ... read more
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