supermassive black holes
Astronomers Have a new way to Measure the Mass of Supermassive Black Holes
Even the most supermassive of the supermassive black holes aren't very large, making it extremely difficult to measure their sizes.…
Astronomers Might use Pulsars to First Detect Merging Supermassive Black Holes
Astronomers have been using gravitational waves to detect merging black holes for years now, but may have to rely on…
Even the Quiet Supermassive Black Holes are Blasting out Neutrinos and Gamma Rays
Is there anywhere in the Universe where we can escape from radiation? Certainly not here on Earth. And not in…
This is How a Supermassive Black Hole Feeds
A new simulation has provided new insight into how supermassive black holes grow by feeding off of cosmic gas captured…
If the First Black Holes Collapsed Directly, Could we Detect Radio Signals From Those Moments?
The birth of direct collapse black holes could be seen by radio telescopes in the near future.
The Event Horizon Telescope Zooms in on Another Supermassive Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) just captured another amazing image, this time of the relativistic jet coming from the center…
How did Supermassive Black Holes Form? Collapsing Dark Matter Halos can Explain Them
We don't quite understand how the first supermassive black holes formed so quickly in the young universe. So a team…
Supermassive Black Hole Winds Were Already Blowing Less Than a Billion Years After the Big Bang
New evidence shows that black holes and galaxies have a significant effect on each other in young galaxies.
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…
Did Supermassive Black Holes Form Directly From Dark Matter?
Supermassive black holes are just a little bit too supermassive - astronomers have difficulty explaining how they got so big…