Active Galactic Nucleus
When Galaxies Collide, Black Holes Don’t Always Get the Feast They Were Hoping for
What happens when galaxies collide? Well, if any humans are around in about a billion years, they might find out.…
Supermassive Black Hole Orbits an Even More Massive Black Hole, Crashing Through its Accretion Disk Every 12 Years
Recent observations by the now-retired Spitzer mission have led to accurate predictions OJ 287, a blazar that contains a supermassive…
Some Quasars Shine With the Light of Over a Trillion Stars
Quasars are some of the brightest objects in the Universe. The brightest ones are so luminous they outshine a trillion…
New Technique for Estimating the Mass of a Black Hole
A Russian-led team of astronomers has developed a method for estimating the mass of a supermassive black hole by looking…
Astronomers Find a Supermassive Black Hole That’s Feasting on a Regular Schedule, Every 9 Hours
Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole (SMBH) with an unusually regular feeding schedule. The behemoth is an active galactic…
The Universe’s Missing Matter. Found!
Thanks to a recent study by an international team of scientists, the remaining missing normal matter of the Universe may…
Researchers Tackle Question of How the Universe Became Filled With Light
A new study from a team of researchers from the University of Iowa claims black holes ejecting light could have…
Gravitational Lensing Provides Rare Glimpse Into Interiors of Black Holes
An international team of scientists relied on a new kind of gravitational lensing to conduct a detailed study of a…
Astronomers Find a Rogue Supermassive Black Hole, Kicked out by a Galactic Collision
A new study by a research team from the Max Planck Institute may have found a black hole that was…
What is a Supermassive Black Hole?
For decades, astronomers have believed that a supermassive black hole exists at the center of our galaxy. And ongoing research…