MAXI J1820+070: Black hole outburst caught on video Astronomers have caught a black hole hurling hot material into space at close to the speed of light. This flare-up was captured in a new movie from […]
Could theorized Planet 9 be a primordial black hole? Researchers propose method to find out There are eight classical planets in our solar system, from speedy Mercury to distant Neptune. There are also numerous dwarf […]
Astronomers find closest black hole to Earth A team of astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and other institutes has discovered a black hole lying just 1000 light-years from Earth. The black hole is […]
Spitzer Telescope reveals the precise timing of a black hole dance Black holes aren’t stationary in space; in fact, they can be quite active in their movements. But because they are completely dark and can’t […]
Star survives close call with a black hole Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of survival story: a star that had a brush with a giant black hole and lived to tell the tale […]
Very Large Telescope sees star dance around supermassive black hole, proves Einstein right Observations made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have revealed for the first time that a star orbiting the supermassive black hole […]