The image above may look like a fairly normal picture of the night sky, but what you’re looking at is a lot more special than just glittering stars. Each of those white dots is an active supermassive black hole. And … Read More
If you travel through a black hole, where do you go? So here you are, on the verge of falling into a black hole. What could possibly await you if, against all odds, you manage to survive? Where would you … Read More
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration, which produced the first-ever image of a black hole, revealed a new view of the massive object at the center of the M87 galaxy: a picture of its polarized light. This is the first … Read More
If you could survive a trip inside the black hole, exactly where you would be at the end of that journey? Very likely such a journey would not be a good idea. Usually formed after the collapse of a … Read More