Black holes are among the most fascinating and mysterious objects in the universe. They are formed from the remnants of massive stars that have exhausted all their fuel and collapsed under their own gravity. The process of how a black … Read More
A team modeling the behavior of black holes has concluded that the masses of the universe’s densest objects are quantized, similar to how electrons orbiting atoms can only have specific energies. Furthermore, just as particles can exist in multiple places … Read More
A strange case of a delayed eruption surprised astronomers. Supermassive black holes tear stars to pieces when they approach too closely. This is known as a tidal disruption event (TDE). The spewing out of material follows the destruction of the … Read More
Long after the last stars fade, black holes will herald the end of the Universe with a spectacular show of fireworks. Black holes are areas of space-time where gravity rules supreme: A black hole’s gravitational pull is so strong that … Read More
Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity has passed another test. Researchers have detected a subtle shift in the orbit of the closest known star to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way after nearly three decades … Read More
You don’t have to be a science expert to understand that black holes more often pull things in rather than spit them out. However, NASA has recently discovered something strange around the supermassive black hole Markarian 335. Two space telescopes … Read More