'Impossible' black holes discovered by the James Webb Space …
18 hours ago · Almost all galaxies host supermassive black holes in their cores. They range in size from about 100,000 times the mass of the sun to billions of solar masses. Most surprisingly, observations with ...
Black Holes News -- ScienceDaily
Nov 20, 2024 · Black Holes in Space. Read science articles on colliding supermassive black holes, simulated gravitational waves of a black hole, black hole theory and more. Astronomy images.
NASA's Hubble, Chandra Find Supermassive Black Hole Duo
Sep 9, 2024 · While several dozen "dual" black holes have been found before, their separations are typically much greater than what was discovered in the gas-rich galaxy MCG-03-34-64. Astronomers using radio telescopes have observed one pair of binary black holes in even closer proximity than in MCG-03-34-64, but without confirmation in other wavelengths.
Astronomers spot the most massive black hole jets ever observed …
Sep 25, 2024 · Astronomers have spotted a massive pair of jets releasing material from a distant black hole. The jets are so large they span about 140 Milky Way galaxies in length.
‘Sleeping giant’ massive black hole found in the Milky Way galaxy - CNN
Apr 16, 2024 · Astronomers have spotted the most massive known stellar black hole in the Milky Way galaxy after detecting an unusual wobble in space.
Scientists have found a black hole so large it eats the ... - NPR
Feb 20, 2024 · New research that was published in the journal Nature Astronomy on Monday lays out the discovery of a distant quasar containing what scientists say is the fastest-growing black hole ever...
Webb telescope uncovers merger of two massive black holes …
May 16, 2024 · The Webb Space Telescope has discovered the earliest known merger of black holes. Scientists reported Thursday that these two gigantic and distant black holes and their galaxies consolidated just 740 million years after the universe-forming Big Bang.
New NASA Black Hole Visualization Takes Viewers Beyond the Brink
May 6, 2024 · Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now, thanks to a new, immersive visualization produced on a NASA supercomputer, viewers can plunge into the event horizon, a black hole’s point of no return.
Brightest and hungriest black hole ever detected - BBC
Feb 20, 2024 · It's a quasar - the bright core of a galaxy that is powered by a gargantuan black hole some 17 billion times the mass of our Sun. Known as J0529-4351, the object's power was confirmed in...
Physicists discover first “black hole triple” - MIT News
Oct 23, 2024 · In a study appearing today in Nature, physicists at MIT and Caltech report that they have observed a “black hole triple” for the first time. The new system holds a central black hole in the act of consuming a small star that’s spiraling in very close to the black hole, every 6.5 days — a configuration similar to most binary systems.