Black holes

Researchers Researchers are suggesting that in the orbit of the Milky Way's sun may be a free-floating "primordial black hole" — or even more than one.are suggesting that the Sun's orbit might have captured a free-floating "primordial black hole" — or even more than one.

Sky Dance

In a mind-bending new paper, researchers suggest that there could be black holes orbiting the Sun, out past Pluto.

Astrophysicists: There May Be Black Holes Orbiting Our Sun

A team of scientists discovered that the black hole at the center of the Milky Away appears to be unusually hungry based on how brightly it's glowing.

Hungwy

You wouldn't like me when I'm hangry.

Uh Oh: The Milky Way's Giant Black Hole Is "Getting Hungrier"

A team of scientists is preparing to release a world first: video footage of an enormous black hole devouring vast clouds of gas.

Hole Story

Coming in 2020: the first-ever video of a black hole.

Astronomers Say They'll Soon Release First Video of a Black Hole

A team of astrophycisists came up with a way to construct a traversable wormhole that could fling objects or astronauts to another end of the universe.

Into the Wormhole

Some assembly required. Also, some components are totally theoretical.

Physicists Publish Instructions For DIY Wormhole

Astronomers have discovered 39 massive ancient galaxies — and they could inform our understanding of everything from black holes to dark matter.

We See You

And they could shed new light on everything from black holes to dark matter.

Astronomers Discover an Entire Population of Ancient Galaxies

Really, Really Big

It's so big, it could fit the entire solar system inside of it many times over.

Astronomers Just Spotted One of the Biggest Black Holes Ever

Extremely bright objects that first appeared close to the Big Bang — theoretical objects called "dark stars" — could have seeded supermassive black holes.

Absolute Units

Long-dead celestial objects called "dark stars" may have become today's supermassive black holes.

These Bizarre Objects May Have "Seeded" Supermassive Black Holes

Some galaxies called blue nuggets are unusually tiny but house gargantuan black holes. Astronomers finally think they know why.

Burping Baby

Astronomers solved the mystery of blue nugget galaxies.

Scientists Unraveled Why Some Tiny Galaxies Have Huge Black Holes

Astronomers discovered two distant supermassive black holes on a crash course with each other. They hope to learn whether such mergers are possible.

Brace For Impact

"It's a major embarrassment for astronomy that we don't know if supermassive black holes merge."

Two Supermassive Black Holes Are on a Devastating Crash Course

NASA just awarded SpaceX with a launch services contract to launch NASA's Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission in 2021.

Polarimetry Explorer

NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer could give us unprecedented views of black holes and neutron stars.

SpaceX Scores NASA Contract to Launch Black Hole Spacecraft

A new model reveals that black holes could take in a steady stream of antimatter particles that gradually chip away until the black hole dissipates.

Cosmic Parasites

Here's how to kill a black hole.

New Research Reveals That Black Holes Can Die

A team of researchers has produced the most detailed black hole simulations ever — and then used them to solve a 40+ year mystery.

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