Astronomers capture the twinkle of a distant quasar, RX J1131, and reveal the secret size of a black hole's fiery corona.
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Black hole growth hits record speed after Big Bang—now 100 million suns’ worth of mass
Just 570 million years after the Big Bang, a young, compact galaxy named CANUCS-LRD-z8.6 appears to host a supermassive black ...
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) will likely release the first actual image of a supermassive black hole on April 10th, 2024, marking a significant advancement in observational astronomy. Existing ...
The first-ever image of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Image: EHT Collaboration Black holes are infamous for being invisible. But thanks to a new technique ...
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As our black hole images get more detailed, we may find Einstein wasn't quite right about them
"The key result is that while many alternatives look very similar to the 'standard' black hole at today's image quality, the differences grow predictably as imaging resolution and fidelity improve, ...
They’re the boogeymen of science fiction, a paradox of science and quite possibly a key to understanding the universe. Scientists have been scrambling to understand the mysterious forces of black ...
After decades of searching, astronomers have imaged two supermassive black holes in orbit around each other at the heart of quasar OJ287. Astronomers have captured a radio image showing two black ...
Astronomers saw past the blinding light of a quasar, only to find a supermassive black hole that's much smaller than theoretical predictions. Reading time 2 minutes All galaxies have a supermassive ...
In 2017, a network of radio telescopes around the world joined forces for an ambitious goal: to study the mysteries of black holes and the powerful jets they unleash. This project, called the Event ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole that shines with the light of 10 trillion suns. These bursts of light and energy can come from things ...
Astronomers have delivered the first image of two orbiting supermassive black holes. Credit: Mauri J. Valtonen et al. / https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2510.06744 ...
Astronomers have, for the first time, observed two large spiral arms of gas actively funneling material into a supermassive black hole (SMBH), providing a detailed look at its feeding mechanism. Using ...
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