AstrophysicistshavedetectedadozenblackholesatthecenterofourMilkyWaygalaxy,andsaidWednesdaytherecouldbeasmanyas10,000.Thefindprovidesthefirstevidenceforalong-hel
Thespinoftheblackholemayplayaroleinthegenerationofpowerfulhigh-speedjetsblastingradiowavesandotherradiationacrosstheuniverse,astudyonsupermassiveblackholesrecen
Astronomershavecaughtamassiveblackholelettingouta"doubleburp"afterbingeingonhotgas.Whencosmicgascomesnearoneofthesesinkholes,itgetssuckedin-butsomeoftheenergyis
Scientistshavesuspectedforawhilethatthesupermassiveblackholesatthecenterofmostgalaxiesaffecttheformationofstarswithinthatgalaxy.Now,inastudypublishedthisweekinT
Theoldestandmostdistantblackholeeverobservedis800milliontimesmoremassivethanthesunandisprovidingscientistswithsomesurprisinginformationaboutthenatureoftheuniver
The World Ice Golf Championships takes place in Uummannaq, Greenland in temperatures which plummet to -50 Celsius (-58 Fahrenheit). Set 600 kilometers north of the Arctic circle, players have to cope with freezing glaciers and huge icebergs.
Finnish researchers have discovered a new type of low-mass black hole, which is a bright celestial body that emits X-ray, said the University of Turku in a press release published on Thursday.
An international team of researchers has found a supermassive black hole at the heart of an ultracompact dwarf galaxy, making this tiny galaxy the smallest ever found to host such a massive light-sucking object.