Millions of fake universes clarify how black holes grow

Researchers have created millions of simulated galaxies to find out how black holes grow with their galaxies.

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
Jan. 3, 2023 ~9 min

X-rays reveal details of hot stuff around a black hole

New observations shed light on the super hot matter in the region immediately surrounding a black hole, researchers say.

Talia Ogliore-WUSTL • futurity
Nov. 4, 2022 ~6 min


Black hole collisions may clarify how fast the universe is expanding

A new technique may provide a unique window into the "teenage" years of the universe that are hard to study with other methods.

Louise Lerner-Chicago • futurity
Aug. 22, 2022 ~7 min

New pic sheds light on the death of ‘hypergiant’ stars

Astronomers are working to learn more about what happens when supergiant stars die. A new image has helped them uncover some answers.

Daniel Stolte-Arizona • futurity
June 23, 2022 ~8 min

This is the first image of the black hole at our galaxy’s center

Researchers have shared the very first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Meet Sagittarius A*.

Camden Flath-Futurity • futurity
May 13, 2022 ~10 min

Supermassive black hole ancestor was hiding in plain sight

A newly discovered celestial object can be viewed as an ancestor of supermassive black holes. It was born relatively soon after the Big Bang.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
April 19, 2022 ~7 min

Black hole probably caused Milky Way’s gigantic bubble duo

Scientists have debated the origin of two enormous bubbles above and below the Milky Way since 2020. A new study points at a supermassive black hole.

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
March 17, 2022 ~8 min

Black hole ‘billiards’ may explain mystery mergers

The answer to a complex mystery may involve a chaotic triple drama inside a giant disk of gas around a super massive black hole in a galaxy far, far away.

U. Copenhagen • futurity
March 14, 2022 ~9 min


AI and quantum computing aim to reveal what’s inside a black hole

"What is on the event horizon for a black hole? Where does it come from? Answering these questions would be a step towards realizing a quantum theory of gravity."

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
Feb. 21, 2022 ~10 min

How do you find an ‘unseeable’ black hole?

Astrophysicist Andrea Ghez discovered the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. Here, she explains the monster at the center of our galaxy.

U. Chicago • futurity
Dec. 2, 2021 ~3 min

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