Tag: Black Hole
Wandering black holes
Scientists have long theorized that supermassive black holes can wander through space—but catching them in the act has proven difficult.
Every massive galaxy is believed...
V404 Cygni: Huge rings around a black hole
Black holes are one the universe's ultimate mysteries, hard to even imagine. But thanks to a recently released NASA image, we can visualize one...
First detection of light from behind a black hole
Fulfilling a prediction of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, researchers report the first-ever recordings of X-ray emissions from the far side of a black...
How the universe is reflected near black holes
When a black hole passes between us and a distant galaxy, the galaxy may be fine, but its image may never escape. Since light...
Watching the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole feed
At the center of our Milky Way lies a supermassive black hole (SMBH) called Sagittarius A* (SgrA*). Supermassive black holes reside at the centers...
Quantum machine learning hits a limit
Quantum machine learning was a terra incognita. But not anymore?
A new theorem of quantum machine learning shows that information run through an information...
The light-bending dance of binary black holes
A binary black holes is a pair of orbiting black holes millions of times the Sun's mass perform a hypnotic pas de deux in...
Telescopes unite in unprecedented observations of famous black hole
In April 2019, scientists released the first image of a black hole in galaxy M87 using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). However, that remarkable...
Deepest X-ray Image Ever Reveals Black Hole Treasure Trove
This is the deepest X-ray image ever obtained, made with over 7 million seconds of observing time with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Credit: X-ray:...
Number of known black holes expected to double in two years...
This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The black region in the center represents the black hole's...
Close Galactic Encounter Leaves “Nearly Naked” Supermassive Black Hole
Artist's conception of how the "nearly naked" supermassive black hole originated.Credit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF.
Astronomers using the super-sharp radio vision of the National Science Foundation's...
