Latest about Black holes
Do black holes hide the secrets of their ancestors?
Some black holes are so massive they were likely created as smaller black holes that merged. Maybe we can use such black hole "children" to learn about the black hole "ancestors."
Tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang may be prime dark matter suspects
Don't rule out primordial black holes as dark matter suspects just yet! Particle-sized black holes may resist evaporation, surviving long enough to account for the universe's most mysterious stuff.
Why are some supermassive black hole jets so short? Astronomers may have cracked the case
New observations provide an intriguing window into what happens when a slumbering black hole awakens to devour a star.
Most quasars are a ferocious force of nature, but not this one
A quasar over three billion light-years away was found to be rather gentle on its host galaxy, allowing its black hole to keep growing.
Supermassive black hole’s mysterious hiccups' likely caused by neighboring black hole's 'punches'
A black hole may be punching through the disk of gas and dust surrounding a supermassive black hole, causing its giant neighbor to "hiccup."
New view of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way hints at an exciting hidden feature (image)
Astronomers have for the first time imaged the powerful magnetic fields that dwell around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A*.
'Quantum tornado' allows scientists to mimic a black hole on Earth
Scientists created a giant vortex made of tiny quantum pieces to bring black hole physics down to Earth.
Scientists find black hole spaghettifying star remarkably close to Earth
Astronomers have discovered rather close evidence of a star being ripped apart and devoured by a supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption event.
