Black Holes
When Galaxies Collide, Stars Suffer the Consequences
A study by a team of scientists at the University of Sheffield suggests that stars being ripped apart due to…
Get Ready for the First Pictures of a Black Hole’s Event Horizon
The Event Horizon Telescope should give us our first picture of a Black Hole in the beginning of 2018.
A Black Hole’s Record Breaking Lunch
Does a distant black hole provide a new definition of pain and suffering? The black hole, named XJ1500+0154, appears to…
Hubble Watches Spinning Black Hole Swallow a Star
An international team of scientists claim that a superluminous event in a distant galaxy was caused by a star being…
Somebody Get This Supermassive Black Hole A Towel
Two galaxies collide, and one super-massive black hole is stripped almost naked of stars.
Have We Really Just Seen The Birth Of A Black Hole?
According to a recent study by a team from Ohio State University, astronomers may have witnessed the formation of a…
6 Million Years Ago The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Raged
Astrophysicists looking for the Milky Way's missing matter have found that our black hole was very active only 6 million…
A ‘Cosmic Miracle’: Indications Of Early Forming ‘Direct Collapse’ Black Hole Seen
Astronomers have been finding some extremely old supermassive black holes, ones that formed when the Universe was quite young. But…
A Star Is About To Go 2.5% The Speed Of Light Past A Black Hole
Using the Very Large Telescope (VLT), researchers are about to observe the stars orbiting Sagittarius A*, which will test Einstein's…
Fermi Links Neutrino Blast To Known Extragalactic Blazar
The Fermi Space Telescope has found the source of 'Big Bird', one of the most energetic neutrinos ever detected.