Black Holes
Astronomers Get as Close as They Can to Seeing the Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way
Thanks to the GRAVITY collaboration, astronomers have made the most detailed observations of the black hole at the center of…
Gravitational Waves Might be the Key to Finding Dark Matter
Exotic dark matter theories. Gravitational waves. Observatories in space. Giant black holes. Colliding galaxies. Lasers. If you're a fan of…
Gas and Dust Seen Swirling Around our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole
A team using ALMA has observed gas and dust cloudlets near the super massive black hole at the center of…
Here’s What the First Images from the Event Horizon Might Look Like
The Event Horizon Telescope has completed its observations. Now scientists are crunching the data and hope to soon have the…
Matter is Going Into this Black Hole at 30% the Speed of Light
A team of researchers in the UK have observed matter falling into a black hole at 30% the speed of…
Einstein Was Right… Again! Successful Test of General Relativity Near a Supermassive Black Hole
For the first time in history, Einstein's theory of General Relativity was confirmed by observing a star orbiting the supermassive…
The Black Hole Ultimate Solar System: a Supermassive Black Hole, 9 Stars and 550 Planets
Physicist Dr. Sean Raymond recently created a hypothetical system where 550 planets and 9 Suns orbit around a central black…
Okay, Last Year’s Kilonova Did Probably Create a Black Hole
The kilonova event that took place last year, where two neutron stars merged, is now believed to have formed a…
Evidence for Thousands of Black Holes Buzzing Around the Center of the Milky Way
Using data from the Chandra X-ray observatory, a team of scientists have found evidence that indicates that thousands of black…
How to Listen to the Background Hum of Gravitational Waves From all the Black Holes Colliding into Each Other
A pair of scientists who were part of the first gravitational wave discovery have developed a way to listen to…