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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...

“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...

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...

  Maxwell Moe, astrophysicist, NASA Einstein Fellow, University of Arizona via Jackie Faherty and Radboud University Black holes have been described as “the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in...

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...

“If our universe is just one of an infinite number, then once inflation stopped in ours, pockets within it that had been inflating would have then collapsed into black holes....

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...

The discovery of black holes was the first collision of quantum gravity with general relativity. In 2019, astrophysicists at Ontario’s Western University found evidence for the direct formation of black...

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...

Galaxies are not necessarily safe from celestial, ultramassive behemoths lurking at their centers. The higher a black hole’s mass, the greater its power. “It would be like a mini, galaxy-sized...

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 Jul 27, 2018 in Astronomy, Science Galaxy outskirts likely hunting grounds for dying massive stars and black holes. Findings from a Rochester Institute of Technology study provide further...

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...

Posted on Dec 11, 2019 in Astronomy, Science, Space On December 5th, astronomers announced the discovery of the biggest black hole ever measured –a gargantuan black hole in galaxy cluster...

“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 19, 2017 in Uncategorized "In this exciting, new era of gravitational wave astronomy, we don't know what we'll find, or where it will lead us," says Joseph...

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...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have detected a massive swarm of black holes moving through our Milky Way galaxy. This extraordinary finding sheds new light on the formation and evolution…

Astronomers have discovered the first known triple black hole system in the Milky Way, challenging long-held theories of how black holes form. Located 8,000 light-years from Earth, the system involves…

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…

A new theory suggests that black holes might actually be "frozen stars", ultra-compact objects that mimic the properties of black holes but lack singularities. Proposed by Ramy Brustein and his…

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…

Scientists are exploring the possibility that primordial black holes, tiny remnants from the early universe, could pass through our solar system undetected. These black holes, far smaller than their stellar…

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...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has delivered a groundbreaking discovery that is reshaping our understanding of the early universe. Initially, astronomers observed what appeared to be enormous galaxies in...

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...