This Supermassive Black Hole Shot Out a Jet of Energy Unlike Anything We’ve Seen Before
When the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) unveiled the first image of a black hole in 2019, the world got its first glimpse into the glowing halo surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87,
Event Horizon Telescope: Moving towards a close-up of a black hole and its jets
After taking the first images of black holes, the groundbreaking Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is poised to reveal how black holes launch powerful jets into space. Now, a research team has shown that the EHT will be able to make exciting images of a supermassive black hole and its jets in the galaxy NGC 1052.
Two stars may be orbiting each other near a supermassive black hole in our Milky Way galaxy
Scientists have spotted what appear to be two stars whipping around each other near the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
Event Horizon Telescope: Advancing Toward a Close-Up of a Black Hole’s Blazing Jets
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), famous for capturing the first images of black holes, is now set to unlock another cosmic mystery: how black holes launch powerful jets into space. A research team l
Astronomers Just Found Double Trouble Close To Our Galaxy’s Black Hole
Astronomers have discovered a binary star system near the Milky Way's black hole, Sagittarius A*, suggesting planets may also exist there despite the extreme gravity.
An unexpected link between black hole jets and their host galaxies 🌀
By Françoise Combes - Astrophysicist at the Paris Observatory A new analysis of radiotelescope data links the shapes of galaxies to the black holes they host. Black holes are not diverse. They
Astronomers’ world-first discovery: twin stars trapped in galactic black hole orbit
At the centre of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. It is roughly 27,000 light years from Earth and 23.5 million kilometres in diameter. In a world first, a team of astronomers led by Florian Peißker from the University of Cologne,
Enormous jet from a supermassive black hole crashes into an unidentified object
Astronomers have discovered a unique black hole jet collision in the galaxy Centaurus A, producing a V-shaped X-ray emission.
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1st monster black hole ever pictured erupts with surprise gamma-ray explosion
The Event Horizon Telescope, which captured the first image of a black hole, has done it again. The Earth-sized telescope ...
Gargantuan Gamma-Ray Flare Seen Spewing From Supermassive Black Hole
M87 was the first black hole to be imaged, and now it's revealing details of how some elementary particles are accelerated by ...
Group wants to launch a telescope to study black holes from space
The idea of BHEX is to use a space-based telescope to collect even more detailed information from black holes, as there is ...
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Rare gamma-ray flare unleashed from a supermassive black hole
Scientists observed M87’s first gamma-ray flare in a decade, revealing insights into its supermassive black hole and ...
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Astrophysicists capture astonishing images of gamma-ray flare from supermassive black hole M87
The galaxy M87, located in the Virgo constellation, provided the first-ever photo of a black hole in 2019, when the Event Horizon Telescope captured an image of the supermassive black hole at the ...
M87's powerful jet unleashes rare gamma-ray outburst
Also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, M87 is the brightest object in the Virgo cluster of galaxies, the largest gravitationally ...
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Breathtaking images of gamma-ray flare from supermassive black hole M87
Gamma rays are the highest-energy form of electromagnetic radiation, billions of times more energetic than visible light.
What scientists found near a black hole that could lead to more discoveries
Scientists have uncovered the existence of a binary star system close to the black hole near the center of the Milky Way ...