supermassive black holes
The Largest Explosion Ever Seen in the Universe
Astronomers have witnessed the most powerful supernova on record, which could provide insight into the forces that shape galaxies.
Galactic Black Hole Winds Blow Up to a Third the Speed of Light. The Impact on Their Galaxies is Impressive.
A new study by the SUper massive Black hole Winds in the x-rAYS (SUBWAYS) project explores the role of "space…
Advanced Life Should Have Already Peaked Billions of Years Ago
Did humanity miss the party? Are SETI, the Drake Equation, and the Fermi Paradox all just artifacts of our ignorance…
Black Hole Event Horizons Can Get So Big it'll Boggle Your Imagination
Some black holes are truly monsters, and astronomers are pretty good at determining just how large they are.
Astronomers Think They've Found One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever Seen
Using the Gravitational Lensing technique, astronomers have found evidence of what could be the largest black hole ever detected!
Hypervelocity Stars Teach us About Black Holes and Supernovae
A new study shows how hypervelocity stars could teach us more about the most powerful and mysterious phenomena in the…
A Distant Galaxy Ate All of its Friends. Now It’s All Alone
An international team of astronomers discovered a "fossil galaxy" that consume its neighbors, the farthest observed to date!
A Mysterious Blob Near the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Might Finally Have an Explanation
New research from UCLA's Galactic Center Group has found an explanation for the mysterious "blob" (X7) at the center of…
Are Black Holes the Source of Dark Energy?
In a series of papers, an international team claims they've found the first observational evidence that supermassive black holes are…
Are We Entering the Era of Quantum Telescopes?
In a recent study, a team of researchers showed how combining interferometry with quantum principles could lead to quantum telescopes.