Did astronomers see a black hole explode? An ‘impossible’ particle that hit Earth in 2023 may tell us

“If our hypothesized dark charge is true, then we believe there could be a significant population of primordial black holes, which would be consistent with other astrophysical observations, and account for all the missing …

Astronomers watch 1st black hole ever imaged launch a 3,000‑light‑year‑long cosmic jet from its glowing ‘shadow’

“It is amazing to see that we are gradually moving towards combining these breakthrough observations across multiple frequencies and completing the picture of the jet launching region.”

NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware
NASA, Partners Advance LISA Prototype Hardware

Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, completed tests this month on a second early version of a key element of the upcoming LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission. The LISA mission, a collaboration between ESA (the European Space Agency) and NASA, will use infrared lasers to detect gravitational waves, […]

Are mysterious ‘Little Red Dots’ discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope actually nurseries for direct-collapse black holes?

“It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe.”

A black hole ‘feeding frenzy’ could help explain a cosmic mystery uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope

“It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most massive black holes in the universe.”

Reborn black hole seen erupting across 1 million light-years of space like a cosmic volcano

“It’s like watching a cosmic volcano erupt again after ages of calm — except this one is big enough to carve out structures stretching nearly a million light-years across space.”

What are ‘dark’ stars? Scientists think they could explain 3 big mysteries in the universe

“This is a structure we’ve never seen before, so it could be a new class of dark object.”

James Webb Space Telescope’s mysterious ‘little red dots’ may be black holes in disguise

“If they were purely made up of stars, they would be the densest galaxies in the universe.”

Massive supernova explosion may have created a binary black hole

“Our study provides a new direction to understand the whole evolutionary history of massive stars toward the formation of black hole binaries.”

NASA X-ray instrument finds black holes act like ‘cosmic seesaws’ shaping the universe

“We’re seeing what could be described as an energetic tug-of-war inside the black hole’s accretion flow.”