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James Webb telescope finds supermassive black hole hidden inside 'Jekyll and Hyde' galaxyThe discovery of a hidden supermassive black hole inside an ancient galaxy suggests that some of our universe's most extreme objects could be invisible unless observed in infrared wavelengths, James Webb telescope observations reveal.
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'A scale almost too big to imagine': Scientists spot monster black hole roaring with winds at more than 130 million mphA black hole 30 million times the mass of the sun has produced winds one-fifth the speed of light, stunning scientists.
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Scientists spot 2 black holes that took turns slaughtering 1 unlucky starA strange X-ray signal spotted decades ago may be the result of a star that got attacked by two black holes, one after the other.
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James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest, most distant black hole ever seenThe James Webb telescope may have detected the universe's earliest and most distant known black hole at the heart of galaxy GHZ2, revealing how the first black holes grew just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.
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Record-breaking black hole collision finally explainedIn 2023, scientists detected the gravitational waves from a black hole collision that seemed impossible. New research finally explains how this "forbidden" black hole came to be, and what it can teach us about these extreme objects.
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'Unlike any we've ever seen': Record-breaking black hole eruption is brighter than 10 trillion sunsAstronomers spotted a flaring black hole that may be consuming a star at least 30 times more massive than the sun. At its peak, the flare was brighter than 10 trillion stars.
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'Not so exotic anymore': The James Webb telescope is unraveling the truth about the universe's first black holesA peculiar object discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope just 700 million years after the Big Bang could reveal the origins of the earliest black holes in the universe, some experts say.
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'Torn apart by the darkness': What would happen if a human fell into a black hole?What would a human see and feel while falling into a black hole? In this exclusive excerpt of his new book, "Facing Infinity," author and astrophysicist Jonas Enander tells us in terrifying detail.
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Physicists detect rare 'second-generation' black holes that prove Einstein right... againPhysicists have analyzed two enormous black hole mergers that happened one month apart and have come up with tantalizing evidence that rare "second-generation" black holes were involved.
