Persistent “hiccups” in a far-off galaxy draw astronomers to new black hole behavior

Analysis reveals a tiny black hole repeatedly punching through a larger black hole’s disk of gas.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
March 27, 2024 ~9 min

Astronomers map universe’s active supermassive black holes

The new map logs the location of about 1.3 million quasars, with the furthest shining when the universe was only 1.5 billion years old.

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
March 19, 2024 ~6 min


A black hole discovery could force us to rethink how galaxies came to be

The discovery raises big questions about widely accepted models of galaxy formation.

Robin Smith, Senior Lecturer in Physics, Sheffield Hallam University • conversation
Feb. 27, 2024 ~7 min

Black hole caught ‘flipping table’ while chowing down

Black holes spill food all the time, but researchers have caught a black hole "flipping over the table" during an otherwise civilized meal.

U. Michigan • futurity
Feb. 21, 2024 ~6 min

The brightest object ever observed in the night sky is a black hole that’s growing by the equivalent of one Sun a day

The extreme object could tell us more about the environment around black holes.

Philip Wiseman, Research Fellow, Astronomy, University of Southampton • conversation
Feb. 21, 2024 ~7 min

Cosmic surprise: Black holes existed at universe’s birth

"This could completely shake up our understanding of how galaxies form," says Joseph Silk.

Roberto Molar Candanosa-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Feb. 6, 2024 ~7 min

Astronomers spot 18 black holes gobbling up nearby stars

The detections more than double the number of known tidal disruption events in the nearby universe.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Jan. 29, 2024 ~8 min

Black hole, neutron star or something new? We discovered an object that defies explanation

It’s too heavy to be a neutron star and too light to be a black hole. So what is it?

Benjamin Stappers, Professor of Astrophysics, University of Manchester • conversation
Jan. 18, 2024 ~6 min


Astronomers detect oldest black hole ever observed

Researchers have discovered the oldest black hole ever observed, dating from the dawn of the universe, and found that it is ‘eating’ its host galaxy to death.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 17, 2024 ~4 min

Why are some black holes bigger than others? An astronomer explains how these celestial vacuums grow

Pictures of black holes have a white outline around them when photographed, due to one of black holes’ unique and key features.

Jaclyn Champagne, JASPER Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Arizona • conversation
Dec. 18, 2023 ~6 min

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