Scientists believe that at the heart of all large galaxies lurk supermassive black holes, cosmic titans with masses equivalent to that of millions or even billions of suns. Yet some black holes ...

While black holes ensnare scientists and public alike, their theoretical counterparts’ white holes remain a totally mysterious and controversial concept in astrophysics. The white holes, if they exist ...

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Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have spotted a massive black hole in the early universe that is 'napping' after stuffing itself with too much food. Like a bear gorging itself on salmon before ...

This is all within 16,000 light-years of the black hole." The Hubble Space Telescope has stared deeper into a quasar than ever before, discovering "weird" features in its vicinity. Quasars are the ...

Astronomers suspect that in the first second after the universe formed, the very first black holes also formed. These tiny though profoundly dense objects — think of an atom-sized particle ...

The discovery could lead to the finding of more planets. Astrophysicists are marveling at the latest celestial discovery made near the Milky Way's supermassive black hole. Scientists have ...

Binary star found near our galaxy's supermassive black hole Date: December 17, 2024 Source: ESO Summary: An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close to ...

This image indicates the location of the newly discovered binary star D9, which is orbiting Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. It is the first star pair ever ...