These black holes are nicknamed 'blazars' because they are shooting explosive jets of matter and radiation directly at Earth.

Discovery of GS-9209, one of the furthest from the Milky Way, adds to evidence that large black holes prevent star formation, ...

The flash of light from the black hole's dinner finally reached Earth in 2014 — and astronomers just discovered it in their data. This newly detected outburst from the center of NGC 7392 is the ...

A Dark Central Mass is Lurking at the Hub of a Glittering Stellar Island Gravitational traps in space, black holes, come in different sizes. Or more correctly, different masses, because they are all ...

That would more than double the detections made to date, helping to further unlock the mysteries of the universe. The ...

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Learn more. A black hole was discovered lurking quietly in a system just 1,000 light-years from Earth. The black hole, which is part of the system called HR 6819, is the closest black hole ...

Black hole jets are known to emit x-rays, but how they accelerate particles to this high-energy state is still a mystery.

The flash of light from the black hole's dinner finally reached Earth in 2014 — and astronomers just discovered it in their data. This newly detected outburst from the center of NGC 7392 is the ...

Astronomers are using 100 newly found supermassive black holes as a laboratory for extreme physics experiments. These black holes are nicknamed 'blazars' because they are shooting explosive jets of ...

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