361 results for "supermassive black holes"

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory have made a groundbreaking discovery, confirming the closest pair of supermassive black holes ever detected. These two cosmic giants, located in the...

Could the formation of supermassive black holes, as well as the nature of dark matter, be the result of violent cosmological phase transition in the dark sector of the Universe....

Today’s stories range from Mysterious Globular Clusters Could Unlock the Secrets of Galaxy Formation to ‘Quantum Gravity’ Could Emerge From a Holographic Universe to  25,000 Supermassive Black Holes in One...

“The black holes of nature are the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe: the only elements in their construction are our concepts of space and time,” said...

In August of 2019 at the Keck Observatory near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii,  astrophysicist Tuan Do, Deputy Director of the UCLA Galactic Center Group, observed that in...

A new theoretical study has proposed a natural explanation for how supermassive black holes –once described as “the most perfect macroscopic objects in the universe, the only elements in their...

Posted on Mar 21, 2020 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Dark Energy Black holes, predicted Einstein, are supposed to have a singularity—a point that is so small and dense that...

Posted on Oct 16, 2019 in Astronomy, Physics, Science, Space At the center of the galaxy, millions of stars whirl in orbits around a supermassive black hole that can take...

Posted on Oct 2, 2019 in Astronomy, Black Hole, Science, Space Supermassive black holes simply grow along with the stars independent of their host galaxy’s mass, the larger environment, or...

Posted on Oct 4, 2019 in Astronomy, Black Hole, Science, Space New research from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research and the University of Tokyo suggests very strongly that gas...

Posted on Sep 4, 2019 in Astronomy, Black Hole, Science, Space “The supermassive black hole in the center of the quasar gobbles up an enormous amount of nearby materials, which...

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Astronomy, Science, Space “What we believe we are seeing is a rare but important step in the life of these galactic beasts during galaxy...

Posted on Jun 12, 2019 in Astronomy, Cosmology, Cosmos, Science, Space “Have you seen your body in X-rays? It looks completely different,” says astrophysicist Rashid Sunyaev. “We will do the...

Posted on May 26, 2019 in Astronomy, Science, Space, Universe How supermassive black holes formed at the birth of a galaxy “is one of the last great mysteries of the...

Posted on May 12, 2021 in Black Holes, Milky Way Galaxy, Science Astronomers are beginning to understand what happens when black holes get the urge to roam through the Milky...

Posted on Sep 20, 2018 in Astronomy, Black Hole, Galaxies, Science, Space “This is one of the last great mysteries of the early universe,” said Kirk S. S. Barrow with...

Posted on Aug 30, 2018 in Astronomy, Cosmology, Science, Space In their quest to understand the universe, scientists are faced with some major unsolved puzzles. For example, stars move around...

Posted on Jun 22, 2018 in Uncategorized Red nuggets are relics of the first massive galaxies that formed within only one billion years after the Big Bang. While most red...

“We estimate that a close approach of one of these wanderers that is able to affect our solar system should occur every 100 billion years or so, or nearly 10...

Posted on Feb 15, 2018 in Black Hole, Galaxies, Universe The growth of the biggest black holes in the Universe is outrunning the rate of formation of stars in the...

Posted on Jan 7, 2018 in Astronomy, Physics, Science, Space “They absolutely dwarf the black hole mergers detected by LIGO,” the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, which first detected gravitational waves...

Posted on Oct 5, 2011 The inner workings of supermassive black holes may be less hostile than we realize, possibly with stable regions where life and even planets could exist,...

Posted on Mar 11, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Cosmology These are some of the key questions in the new era of Gravitational Wave Astrophysics,” says assistant professor Johan...

“There are only about five dozen known black holes in the entire galaxy—120,000 light years wide—and there are supposed to be 10,000 to 20,000 of these things in a region...

Posted on Dec 12, 2016 “The quasars observed in the early universe resemble giant babies in a delivery room full of normal infants,” observed Avi Loeb of the Harvard–Smithsonian Center...

NASA is on the verge of a new era in space exploration with the launch of its Probe Explorers program. Two groundbreaking missions—an Advanced X-ray Imaging Satellite and a Far-Infrared…

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that jets from a supermassive black hole in the M87 galaxy are causing nearby stars to erupt in explosive novae. These stellar…

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have observed two pairs of supermassive black holes on the verge of merging in distant dwarf galaxies. This rare cosmic event offers a unique window…

Astronomers have discovered a swarm of over 100 stellar-mass black holes within the star cluster Palomar 5, located 80,000 light-years from Earth. This unique globular cluster, with its 30,000-light-year-long tidal…

The XRISM space telescope has delivered its first groundbreaking observations, revealing new insights into supermassive black holes and supernova remnants.

Astronomers have discovered colossal black hole jets stretching an unprecedented 23 million light-years across the cosmos, the longest ever observed. These jets, named Porphyrion, originate from a supermassive black hole…

JWST confirms a supermassive black hole is halting star formation in its host galaxy by ejecting vital star-forming gas.

For decades, the Lambda Cold Dark Matter (LCDM) model dominated cosmology, building on Big Bang theories. It proposed that the universe expanded from a hyperdense state, with spacetime expansion causing...

New research indicates that Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, likely formed through the merger of two black holes. The study, published in...

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of the spiral galaxy IC 4709, located approximately 240 million light-years away in the southern constellation Telescopium. This remarkable galaxy,...

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has made a significant breakthrough in astronomical observation, achieving the highest resolution images of black holes ever obtained from Earth. By detecting light at...

Astronomers are chasing one of the most elusive mysteries in the cosmos: how supermassive black holes—the largest known black holes—merge into monstrous giants that can weigh billions of times more...

An international research team has made a groundbreaking discovery, identifying potential signs of an intermediate-mass black hole within the IRS 13 star cluster near the supermassive black hole at the...

The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), known for capturing the first image of a black hole, is set to receive significant upgrades that will enhance its capabilities and potentially unlock new...

Recent observations have revealed a fascinating phenomenon in the galaxy SDSS1335+0728, where a supermassive black hole at its center has begun to activate, causing unprecedented brightness changes since December 2019....

Astronomers have identified a middleweight black hole, a significant finding that could provide crucial insights into the formation and evolution of supermassive black holes. This discovery, located in the star...

Astronomers have recently observed a dramatic and unexpected brightening of a distant galaxy, revealing the sudden awakening of a massive black hole at its core. This extraordinary event involves a...

Researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) have made groundbreaking discoveries about the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). Utilizing a...

The James Webb Space Telescope has made a groundbreaking discovery by observing the most distant and ancient black hole merger ever recorded. This event, which occurred when the universe was...

NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has allowed scientists to identify a new cosmic “exhaust vent” that is directing hot gas away from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole...

“We do know that black holes are extraordinary phenomena,” said Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo, professor in the Department of Physics at Université de Montréal about the ultra-massive behemoths lurking at most galaxy...

Black holes previously hiding in plain sight have been discovered by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who have found a treasure trove of massive black...

Posted on May 15, 2022 in Alien Life, Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Cosmology, Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Life, James Webb Space Telescope, Multiverse, Science, Science News, Technology,...

Posted on May 14, 2022 in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Black Holes, Science Several of the world’s leading astronomers and scientists emailed their thoughts to The Daily Galaxy on the significance of...

Posted on May 12, 2022 in Astronomy, Black Holes, Milky Way Galaxy Breaking news: as we predicted, astronomers captured the first image of Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the black hole...