It's the JWST's turn to look for an intermediate mass black hole

Intermediate mass black holes (IMBH), if they exist, have between about 100 and 1,000 solar masses, placing them in between ...

Watch a black hole fall into a star and then blow it up

NASA has visualized the cataclysm, which is thought to have caused a mysterious eruption of gamma rays captured by telescopes ...
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From Darkness to Discovery: Celebrating Black Hole Friday with Chung-Pei Ma

On Black Hole Friday, we spotlight the work of astrophysicist Chung-Pei Ma, whose research is transforming our understanding ...

Gravitational Waves Expose Hidden Dark Matter Around Black Holes

Researchers have created a fully relativistic model showing that gravitational waves might carry hidden clues about dark ...

Scientists say thousands of tiny black holes may be passing through your home every day

Physicists reveal that thousands of primordial black holes may drift through your home every year, undetected. Learn how these tiny, ancient black holes could be linked to dark matter and what that ...

Black hole eats star: Student helps chart gamma-ray burst that lasted for days

A team of astronomers including George Washington University physics Ph.D. student Eliza Neights recorded an extraordinary ...