Neutron star collisions are a “goldmine” of heavy elements, study finds

Mergers between two neutron stars have produced more heavy elements in last 2.5 billion years than mergers between neutron stars and black holes.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 25, 2021 ~7 min

Black holes make a mess when they gobble up stars

When a black hole eats a star, it produces a "tidal disruption event" that can outshine the light of every star in the host galaxy for months or even years

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
Sept. 21, 2021 ~9 min


Light from a black hole’s far side proves Einstein right

Researchers have detected, for the first time, light from the back side of a black hole. The finding fulfills a prediction from Einstein's work.

Taylor Kubota-Stanford • futurity
July 29, 2021 ~7 min

Math explains black hole light bending visual trick

Math explains how light curving around black holes can reveal multiple images of the same galaxies to observers, according to a new study.

U. Copenhagen • futurity
July 14, 2021 ~5 min

Physicists observationally confirm Hawking’s black hole theorem for the first time

Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
July 1, 2021 ~7 min

What happens when black holes collide with the most dense stars in the universe

The aftermath of a black hole colliding with a neutron star has been recorded on Earth.

Martin Krause, Senior Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire • conversation
June 30, 2021 ~7 min

LIGO and Virgo detect rare mergers of black holes with neutron stars for the first time

Gravitatational-wave signals suggest black holes completely devoured their companion neutron stars.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 29, 2021 ~7 min

Supermassive black holes devour gas just like their petite counterparts

Regardless of size, all black holes experience similar accretion cycles, a new study finds.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
May 17, 2021 ~7 min


Fast-spinning black holes narrow the search for dark matter particles

Certain ultralight bosons would be expected to put the brakes on black holes, but new results show no such slowdown.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
April 14, 2021 ~7 min

We've imaged a black hole's magnetic field for the first time – here's what it reveals

New research can help explain how black holes can produce powerful jets.

Ziri Younsi, UKRI Stephen Hawking Fellow, UCL • conversation
March 26, 2021 ~7 min

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