Researchers used machine learning to improve the first photo of a black holeThe photo algorithm was trained on over 30,000 black hole simulations.By W. Shanklin, 04.13.2023
Scientists reveal first image of the black hole in the center of our galaxyWe now know more about the heart of the Milky Way.By J. Fingas, 05.12.2022
Listen to the sound of a black hole feeding on stellar materialThe MIT study could shed light on how supermassive black holes help shape their galaxies.By M. Moon, 05.03.2022
Black hole 'quantum hair' might solve a decades-old scientific paradoxRelativity and quantum mechanics might finally have a better fit.By J. Fingas, 03.17.2022
Scientists spot light behind a black hole for the first timeThe discovery seemingly confirms Einstein's century-old prediction. By S. Shah, 08.02.2021
This is the most detailed picture of a black hole to dateIt sheds more light on magnetic fields around the hole.By J. Fingas, 03.27.2021
One of the first known black holes is more massive than once thoughtCygnus X-1 could throw off astronomical models.By J. Fingas, 02.20.2021
Hubble researchers find a gaggle of small black holesIts the first time they've been studied in this detail.By J. Fingas, 02.13.2021
Astronomers spot a super-rare class of black hole for the first timeNever before has an intermediate-mass black hole been directly observed.By A. Tarantola, 09.02.2020
Astronomers may have spotted light from colliding black holesIt would be the first known instance of a visible collision.By J. Fingas, 06.28.2020
Astronomers are puzzled by a mysterious dead starIt’s either the heaviest neutron star or the lightest black hole.By M. DeAngelis, 06.24.2020
Scientists find the closest known black hole to dateThe light-devouring hole is about 1,000 light-years away.By J. Fingas, 05.06.2020
Scientists visualize a black hole plasma jet in unprecedented detailThe jets are pointed toward Earth, providing a better viewing angle than normal.By M. DeAngelis, 04.07.2020
Astronomers find stellar black hole so large it shouldn't existScientific models might have to change.By J. Fingas, 12.01.2019
Scientists find a hidden black hole using new detection methodUsing spectroscopy to see the invisible.By G. Torbet, 11.01.2019
The first ever black hole image lands scientists $3 million prizeThe prize is known as 'The Oscars of Science.'By R. England, 09.06.2019
Scientists find the largest observed black hole to dateIt's 10,000 times larger than the one at the heart of the Milky Way.By J. Fingas, 08.11.2019
Russia launches X-ray telescope to find 'millions' of black holesSpektr-RG could significantly expand understanding of the universe.By J. Fingas, 07.13.2019
X-rays help astronomers detect spinning black holesLensing tricks made it possible, too.By J. Fingas, 07.07.2019