supermassive black holes
NASA’S NuSTAR Catches a Black Hole Bending Light, Space, and Time
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has captured a spectacular event: a supermassive black hole’s gravity tugging on nearby X-ray…
Supermassive Black Hole Blasting Molecular Hydrogen Solves Outstanding Mystery
The supermassive black holes in the cores of most massive galaxies wreak havoc on their immediate surroundings. During their most…
How Much of the Universe is Black Holes?
We all fear black holes, but how many of them are there out there, really? Between the stellar mass black…
Object “G2” Still Intact at Closest Approach to Galactic Center, Astronomers Report
The latest observations by the Keck Observatory in Hawaii show that the gas cloud called “G2” was surprisingly still intact,…
What Fuels The Engine Of A Supermassive Black Hole?
If you could get a good look at the environment around a supermassive black hole -- which is a black…
Can Stars Collide?
Imagine a really bad day. Perhaps you’re imagining a day where the Sun crashes into another star, destroying most of…
How Do Black Holes Get Super Massive?
Since their discovery, supermassive black holes – the giants lurking in the center of every galaxy – have been mysterious…
NuSTAR Puts New Spin On Supermassive Black Holes
Checking out the spin rate on a supermassive black hole is a great way for astronomers to test Einstein's theory…
A Planetary System That Never Was Teaches About Those That May Be
While Kepler and similar missions are turning up planets by the fist full, there's long been many places that astronomers…
Speca – An Intriguing Look Into The Beginning Of A Black Hole Jet
[/caption] Its name is SPECA - a Spiral-host Episodic radio galaxy tracing Cluster Accretion. That's certainly a mouthful of words…