Black Holes
Whether They’re Stellar-Mass or Supermassive, Black Holes Behave Pretty Much the Same Way
Astronomers recently caught a supermassive black hole gulp down a star. It flared in exactly the same way as its…
Scientist sees deep meaning in black holes after Event Horizon Telescope’s triumph
Why are black holes so alluring? You could cite plenty of reasons: They’re matter-gobbling monsters, making them the perfect plot device…
Black Hole-Neutron Star Collisions Could Finally Settle the Different Measurements Over the Expansion Rate of the Universe
If you've been following developments in astronomy over the last few years, you may have heard about the so-called "crisis…
Are we Seeing a Star That Just got Spaghettified?
Sometimes astronomers come up with awesome names for certain phenomena and then feel like they can’t use them in formal…
Roman Space Telescope Will Also Find Rogue Black Holes
In the past we’ve reported about how the Roman Space Telescope is going to potentially be able to detect hundreds…
An Exotic Explanation for the Most Extreme Gravitational Wave Detected so far
A new study proposes an exotic boson star to explain the largest gravitational wave merger we've observed.
A map of 25,000 Supermassive Black Holes Across the Universe
The Low Frequency Array has mapped a portion of the sky at the lowest radio frequencies ever, revealing more than…
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.…
A New Idea to Harness Energy From Black Holes
A new study by an international team shows how the physics of a black hole's event horizon could allow us…
What Happens to Their Supermassive Black Holes When Galaxies Collide?
What’s better than two gigantic galaxies swirling into one another until they collide? How about three galaxies swirling into one…