Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin
There's a gap in black hole masses, and experts believe here is where 'lite intermediate black holes' reside.
Scientists find oldest-known black hole in the universe: ‘This is about as far back as you can practically go’
A newfound supermassive black hole from the dawn of the universe challenges how early cosmic giants formed.
The biggest black hole ever seen? Scientists find one with mass of 36 billion suns
Scientists have tapped into gravitational lensing and stellar dynamics to confirm the existence of a black hole with 36 billion solar masses.
A laser-propelled mini spacecraft could travel to a nearby black hole, astrophysicist says
A bold new proposal envisions launching laser-propelled nanocraft to a nearby black hole to test Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Exotic ‘blazar’ is part of most extreme double black hole system ever found, crooked jet suggests
A beam of particles speeding away from a monstrous black hole is severely kinked, suggesting that the black hole is actually part of the most extreme binary system known.
Did ‘primordial’ black holes born right after the Big Bang help our universe’s 1st stars form?
New research suggests that primordial black holes could have played an important role in the formation of the universe's first stars, but did they help or hinder?
James Webb Space Telescope finds black holes that waited patiently before devouring stars in dusty galaxies
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers hunted supermassive black holes devouring stars in dusty galaxies — but laying in wait for their stellar victims.
Rogue black hole found terrorizing unfortunate star in distant galaxy
The Hubble Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory saw an enigmatic intermediate-mass black hole lighting up in X-rays, potentially revealing a way of finding more of them in the future.
The largest supernova catalog ever made has some news about the dark universe
A catalog of over 2,000 exploding white dwarf vampire stars, the largest ever gathered, has provided further evidence that dark energy is weakening.
This star escaped a supermassive black hole’s violent grips — then returned for round 2
A death-defying star survived destruction by a ravenous supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption event, and came back to let the cosmic titan take another bite!