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

Every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, much like every egg has a yolk. But sometimes, hens lay eggs with ...

In 2020, astronomers identified a nearby star system that appeared to contain something phenomenal: the closest black hole to Earth! Now, new research from some of those same astronomers suggests that ...

After spotting some signs from the Chandra X-ray telescope, NASA scientists have found a black hole that was sideways. The [… ...

"The Spiderweb protocluster is an ideal laboratory for investigating the relationship between black holes and star formation ...

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

Einstein's theory of general relativity describes the inevitability of singularities, which are obscured by black holes ...

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 ...

M87, a prominent galaxy in the Virgo cluster, gained fame after the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) revealed the first image of ...