A "missing link" black hole in Omega Centauri is still missing. What appeared to be an intermediate-mass black hole was a ...

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The known black holes that populate the universe fall into two types: those up to a few dozen times the mass of the sun and ...

New analysis techniques and decades-old research helped NASA scientists identify an unusual black hole in a distant galaxy.

The James Webb Space Telescope has caught a napping monster black hole in the early universe. The cosmic giant is slumbering ...

For half a century, astrophysicists have been trying to solve the Black Hole Information Paradox—first explained by Stephen ...

Typically, black holes are detected by a tell-tale glow of a swirling accretion disc. This disc forms near the black hole’s ...

ESO/L. Calçada, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), DSS, VISTA, VVV Survey/D. Minniti DSS, Nogueras-Lara et al., Schoedel, NACO, ...

Recent discoveries about black holes, including intermediate types and plasma jets, transform our cosmic understanding.

Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is 'napping' after stuffing itself with too much food. Like a bear gorging itself on salmon before ...

Researchers discovered a surprising water-bound black hole with 140 trillion times the water of Earth’s oceans combined.

The Milky Way has its own supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. Main sequence stars (like our Sun) make up about 90% of the stars in the sky. When they die, main sequence stars up to ...