Black Holes
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…
Black Hole Stops Star Formation in Elliptical Galaxy
New images from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory show the environment around the supermassive black hole at the heart of M87,…
Finding All the Black Holes
Black holes might be invisible, but the superheated matter piling up around them shines brightly in the gamma ray spectrum.…
Fine Tuning the Search for Black Holes
Although black holes can't be seen directly, they're relatively easy to find. Matter spiraling into a black hole becomes superheated,…