Black Holes
What Happens When Supermassive Black Holes Collide?
As galaxies merge together, you might be wondering what happens with the supermassive black holes that lurk at their centres.…
Could Primordial Black Holes Deflect Asteriods on a Collision Course with Earth?
Primordial black holes (PBHs) are getting mischievous again. These artefacts from the Big Bang could be responsible for hiding inside…
What Would Happen if a Small Black Hole Hit the Earth?
We can all guess what would happen should a massive black hole drift into our solar system... there wouldn't be…
Synthetic Black Hole Event Horizon Created in UK Laboratory
Researchers at St. Andrews University, Scotland, claim to have found a way to simulate an event horizon of a black…
“Listening” for Gravitational Waves to Track Down Black Holes
Gravitational waves are predicted by Einstein's 1916 general theory of relativity, but they are notoriously hard to detect and it's…
New Technique for Finding Intermediate Mass Black Holes
It's one of the big mysteries in astronomy. There are stellar mass black holes and the supermassive variety, but nothing…
Hyperfast Star Ejected from the Large Magellenic Cloud
Occasionally, stars minding their own business around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy get chucked out…
Fat Black Holes Can Lurk in Thin Galaxies
Supermassive black holes are thought to lurk at the heart of most galaxies. Scientists have long believed that only the…
Death Echos of Material Destroyed Near a Black Hole
Greedy black holes can only consume so much material. The leftover matter backs up into an accretion disk surrounding the…
Black Holes Seen Spinning at the Limits Predicted by Einstein
The supermassive black holes that lurk at the hearts of the most massive galaxies might be spinning faster than astronomers…