Black Holes
Podcast: Black Holes Big and Small
We're finally ready to deal with the topic you've all been waiting for: Schwarzschild swirlers, Chandrasekhar crushers, ol' matter manglers,…
Black Hole Found in a Globular Star Cluster
Stellar mass black holes have been discovered, and astronomers now believe that supermassive black holes exist at the centres of…
Here’s a New Way to Explode: Hybrid Gamma-Ray Burst
Just when you thought you'd figured out all the ways to blow up, nature reveals a new way. This latest…
Large and Small, Black Holes Feed the Same Way
Whether you're dealing with a stellar mass black hole, or a supermassive black hole at the heart of a galaxy,…
Black Hole Erupts on Camera
ESA's Integral space observatory has spotted a blast of gamma rays from a suspected black hole in the Milky Way.…
Black Hole Spins Nearly 1000 Times a Second
Black holes bend our understanding of the Universe and laws of physics. But astronomers have discovered a black hole spinning…
Super-Supermassive Black Hole
The Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and the National Radio Astronomical Observatory teamed up to produce this composite…
Gamma Rays Pour From the Edge of a Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers have discovered gamma rays streaming from the vicinity of the supermassive black hole at the heart of galaxy M87.…
Black Holes About to Get Active Again
Astronomers have identified two distant supermassive black holes, or quasars, which might be about to get much brighter. New data…
Survey of Nearby Black Holes
Ever wonder how many black holes are nearby? Well, NASA has gone and counted them for you. According to data…