Black Hole

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... a massive black hole spewed out gases that probably helped make stars

As it destroys so it creates

Science24 Jan 2022 | 19

You wait ages for a neutron star and black hole to collide, then two pairs come along at once

Well, that was a busy month for gravitational wave boffins

Science30 Jun 2021 | 30

We've seen things you people wouldn't believe. A halo of light polarized by a gigantic black hole's magnetic field...

Pic + video Most intimate snap yet of M87's supermassive abyss

Science25 Mar 2021 | 38

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... a pair of black holes coalesced resulting in largest gravitational wave we've seen

Video Void forged in merger event also the first of its kind spotted

Science02 Sep 2020 | 54

Pew, pew, pew! Our galaxy is shooting cold, gaseous 'bullets' of high-speed matter. Boffins are baffled

Mysterious behavior spotted at the Milky Way's center

Science21 Aug 2020 | 14

If the Solar System's 'Planet Nine' is actually a small black hole, here's how we could detect it... wait, what?

There may be a small black hole on the edge of our Solar System? 2020, please stop

Science10 Jul 2020 | 109

Remember that black hole just 1,000 light years from Earth? Scientists queue up to say it may not exist after all

This year is just one disappointment after another, eh?

Science02 Jul 2020 | 38

Boffins baffled as supergiant star just vanishes – either it partially blew itself apart or quietly turned into a black hole

Or was target practice for a Death Star?

Science01 Jul 2020 | 61

Grav wave boffins are unsure if they just spotted the smallest black hole or the biggest neutron star seen yet

Mysterious object's mass has challenged astrophysics models

Science24 Jun 2020 | 33

Check out the night sky in all its X-ray glory: Everything from hot gases to supernovas and massive black holes

Pic eROSITA telescope shows a busy, energetic universe

Science19 Jun 2020 | 12

There's a black hole lurking within 1,000 light years of Earth – and you can see stars circling it with the naked eye

Disclaimer: Black hole not visible, southern hemisphere required

Science06 May 2020 | 69

Somewhere, way out there, two black holes, one large and one small, merged. And here on Earth, we detected the gravitational wave blast

When science fact is better than science fiction

Science21 Apr 2020 | 21

Star's rosette orbit around our supermassive black hole proves Einstein's Theory of General Relativity correct

27 years of watching the Milky Way's core – that's how proper science is done

Science17 Apr 2020 | 77

If you thought black holes only came in S or XXXL, guess again, maybe: Elusive mid-mass void spotted eating star

Could this candidate be a missing link between small and bonkers-massive?

Science02 Apr 2020 | 13

Remember that blurry first-ever photo of a black hole? Turns out snaps like that can tell us a lot about these matter-gobbling voids

Vid Watch how layers of photon rings reveal things like spin and mass

Science19 Mar 2020 | 25

The mysterious giant blobs of gas around our galaxy's black hole are actually massive merger stars being shredded

Yum, long noodle-like stars

Science16 Jan 2020 | 31

You cannae break the laws of physics, cap'n... Boffins call BS on 'impossible' black hole, fear readings were botched

Updated We knew it was too good to be true

Science12 Dec 2019 | 52

Planets may lurk in harshest environments. Not that Novell NetWare server you can't unplug – black holes

Technically possible but there's no way to check... for now

Science26 Nov 2019 | 19

Astroboffins rethink black hole theory after spotting tiny example with its own star buddy

The 'massive unseen companion' is still a mystery

Science01 Nov 2019 | 56

Black holes are like buses: You wait for one – and three turn up at once in galaxy merger

Pic Three becoming one

Science26 Sep 2019 | 45

Astroboffins baffled as black hole at center of Milky Way suddenly a lot hungrier than before

Video 'We've never seen it eat so much in over 20 years!'

Science13 Sep 2019 | 58

Hole lotta crud: Chinese stock photo pusher tries to claim copyright on Event Horizon pic

Issues grovelling apology, promises to fix 'weak links' in management

Legal12 Apr 2019 | 15

Humanity gazes into the abyss to get its first glimpse of a black hole

Sadly, USS Cygnus still missing

Science10 Apr 2019 | 61

Astroboffins spy the most greedy black hole yet gobbling a Sun a day

It farts out enough energy to irradiate all life on Earth

Science15 May 2018 | 35

Astro-boffinry world rocked to its very core: Shock as Andromeda found to be not much bigger than Milky Way

Everything we knew was a lie

Science16 Feb 2018 | 102

Supermassive black holes scoff just one star per year, say space weight watchers

Galaxies merged together house the greediest voids

Science02 Feb 2018 | 12

Ancient fat black holes created by belching Big Bang's dark matter

Streams of gas slammed into cloud of baffling cosmic material – new theory

Science29 Sep 2017 | 17

Boffins discover tightest black hole binary system – and it's supermassive

Sitting less than one light year apart in spiral galaxy NGC 7674

Science20 Sep 2017 | 46

Boffins find a new way to catch the 'tails' of quasars in massive galaxies

Radio jets beamed from gigantic black holes are still a mystery

Science13 Sep 2017 | 1

If we're in a simulation, someone hit it with a hammer, please: Milky Way spews up to 100 MEELLLION black holes

Bug in the Matrix or boon for grav wave hunters – you decide

Science09 Aug 2017 | 43

Forget Iran and North Korea. Now there's another uranium source

Yeah, try slapping some sanctions on black holes

Science05 Aug 2017 | 41

Ever wondered why the universe only has black holes in S or XXXL? No? Boffins have an answer

Never a M or L when you want one, right?

Science27 Jun 2017 | 36

Event horizons around black holes do exist, say astroboffins

Einstein's Theory of General Relativity lasts another day

Science30 May 2017 | 37

Astroboffins clock thriving stellar nursery nestled in violent supermassive black hole

First time star formation seen in such extreme conditions

Science27 Mar 2017 | 20

NASA eyes up supermassive black holes, neutron stars

Hidden wonders of the universe

Science04 Jan 2017 | 11

Remember that brightest supernova ever seen? It wasn't one

Just a star being ripped apart by a black hole

Science12 Dec 2016 | 38

Stripped of its galaxy, this black hole is wandering naked in the cosmos

Chandra spies orphan X-ray source

Science06 Oct 2016 | 34

Lab-grown black hole proves Stephen Hawking's radiation claims – physicist

But 'pioneering paper' also contains some contradictory data, says prof

Science16 Aug 2016 | 17

Africa's MeerKAT looks at the sky, surprises boffins with 1,300 galaxies

SKA precursor publishes 'first light' images

Science17 Jul 2016 | 24

Dying satellite sends boffins one last surprise before disappearing

To wit: Pics of a burping supermassive black hole

Science07 Jul 2016 | 19

BAM! Astroboffins now have a second way of picking up black holes' collision super kicks

Doppler detections will help test Einstein's key theory

Science01 Jul 2016 | 25

Mystery black hole hides by curbing its appetite

Careful, he might hear you

Science30 Jun 2016 | 24

Supermassive black hole devours star and becomes X-ray flashlight

The sleeping giant wakes up hungry

Science22 Jun 2016 | 19

Laser probers sniff more gravitational waves from mega black hole smash

And it has sent ripples through spacetime

Science16 Jun 2016 | 51

Cold space gas? Sure, supermassive black holes can eat that. Nom, nom, nom

We've even seen it, says black-hole-diet-watching astroboffin

Science09 Jun 2016 | 16

One black hole, three galaxies, four BEELION solar masses – found by accident

When galaxies collide

Science28 Apr 2016 | 55

Hubble spies supermassive black hole in surprising spot

Two holes become one

Science06 Apr 2016 | 49

What would happen if Earth fell into a black hole?

We might not even notice....

Science17 Feb 2016 | 49

Black hole shows off glow-in-the-dark ring after sucking in matter

Video V404 Cygni can be spotted by telescope

Science07 Jan 2016 | 11

Mysterious cosmic dustball fires up Milky Way's black hole

Supermassive Sagittarius is firing off X-rays

Science24 Sep 2015 | 27

Prof Hawking cracks riddle of black holes – which may be portals to other universes

Top boffin reckons he's made a Quantum Leap of science

Science25 Aug 2015 | 119

Put it away: Dwarf's 'supermassive' marvel is actually smallest thing boffins have ever seen

No one's impressed, love

Science11 Aug 2015 | 28

GIGANTIC galaxy-chomping black hole rips boffins a new one

Megamouth is mouthing off at astrophysical theories

Science10 Jul 2015 | 17

Sorry, say boffins, the LHC still hasn't sucked us into a black hole

Apocalyptics sigh and hope something shows up

Science09 Jul 2015 | 72

MONSTER GALAXY spotted hiding behind IMMENSE BLACK HOLE

No restaurants seen as yet

Science09 Jun 2015 | 36

Astroboffins perplexed by QUADRUPLE QUASAR CLUSTER find

Time to rethink galactic theories

Science15 May 2015 | 35