Quasars are distant galaxies ... X-Ray Flashes from a Nearby Supermassive Black Hole Accelerate Mysteriously Jan. 13, 2025 — Astronomers observed flashes of X-rays coming from a supermassive ...

"For years, astronomers have searched for a black hole in M83 without success ... officially known as Messier 83 (M83), has been a frustrating conundrum. Now, using the James Webb Space Telescope ...

It is called a black hole, because it acts like an ideal black body, as it reflects no light. According to the theory of general relativity, a black hole has no locally detectable features, but it ...

Astronomers have detected a lone black hole drifting through the Milky Way—an unprecedented discovery made possible by gravitational lensing. Weighing seven times the Sun, it bends light from ...

Now, in the real world, astronomers have confirmed the existence of another wandering monstrosity, a rogue black hole cruising through our very own Milky Way Galaxy. In 2022 a team of astronomers ...

The lone black hole without a companion star is located 5,000 light-years away. A team of scientists have confirmed the existence of a lone black hole that has no star orbiting it in the Milky Way ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. At the beginning of time and the center of every black hole lies a point of infinite density called a singularity. To explore these ...

Scientists have been left stunned after stumbling across a lone black hole drifting through space. It's not every day astronomers come across an isolated black mass roaming the Milky Way. In fact, ...

WATCH: Here’s the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy The world got a look Thursday at the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our ...

Invisible Dark: Lone black holes passing through the galaxy should be a pretty common occurrence in the Milky Way, but they are notoriously hard to spot. According to recently published research ...

or Messier 83 (M83), seemed like one of the latter. Its vibrant spiral arms and starburst activity have dazzled astronomers. Yet, deep in its luminous center, something powerful remained unseen – ...

Strange X-ray pulses blasted out from a recently awakened monster black hole are the most powerful astronomers have seen, and may help explain how these cosmic behemoths emerge from their slumber.