Black Holes

Exotic Objects, Galaxies

The Event Horizon Telescope may soon release first-ever black hole image

Cosmology, Exotic Objects

In the first gravitational wave detection, black holes with masses of 29 and 36 Suns created a 62-solar-mass black hole. Three Solar masses were lost; how do black holes lose mass?

Exotic Objects

Shining light on black holes

Exotic Objects

The Life and Times of Stephen Hawking

Exotic Objects

Astronomers may have spotted a direct collapse black hole

Exotic Objects, Stars

Earth-sized telescope tracks the aftermath of a star being swallowed by a supermassive black hole

Exotic Objects

ALMA finds a swirling cool jet that reveals a growing supermassive black hole

Exotic Objects, Galaxies, Stars

Supermassive black holes cause galactic-scale warming

Exotic Objects

NASA telescopes find clues for how giant black holes formed so quickly

Exotic Objects

ALMA measures mass of black hole with extreme precision

Exotic Objects, Stars

Powerful winds spotted from mysterious X-ray binaries

Exotic Objects

A black hole’s gravity is so strong that light can’t escape. But every time I see a photo or an illustration there is something streaming in or out of it. How is this possible?