supermassive black holes
There’s a New Record for the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Seen: 40 Billion Solar Masses
Astronomers have spotted a 40 billion solar mass black hole in the Abell 85 cluster of galaxies. They found the…
There Could be Planets Orbiting Around Supermassive Black Holes
A team of scientists from Japan have theorized that planetary systems could form around Supermassive Black Holes.
Astronomers Find a Galaxy Containing Three Supermassive Black Holes at the Center
NGC 6240 is a puzzle to astronomers. For a long time, astronomers thought the galaxy is a result of a…
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…
Milky Way’s Black Hole Just Flared, Growing 75 Times as Bright for a Few Hours
Even though the black hole at the center of the Milky Way is a monster, it's still rather quiet. Called…
Astronomers See Evidence of Supermassive Black Holes Forming Directly in the Early Universe
Super-Massive Black Holes (SMBH) are hard to explain. These gargantuan singularities are thought to be at the center of every…
New Research Reveals How Galaxies Stay Hot and Bothered
It's relatively easy for galaxies to make stars. Start out with a bunch of random blobs of gas and dust.…
Researchers Create the Most Detailed Simulation of the Universe Ever Made
The team behind Illustris have now released the first results of their IllustrisTNG simulation, the most accurate simulation of the…
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…
What are Active Galactic Nuclei?
The center of large galaxies are active places, where supermassive black holes pump out an incredible amount of light and…