The Latest Breaking News from Black Hole

The Best Sci-Fi Reboot on Netflix Gets Some Fundamental Science Wrong

"Star Trek" reinvented the long-running franchise, but its grasp of black holes and the properties of its fictional red matter don't track.

Inverse · Jul 15, 2023

Eureka! Scientists explore mysteries of black holes with hi-tech bathtub

Nottingham University researchers are simulating black holes with a tiny vortex inside a bell jar of superfluid helium

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023

James Webb telescope discovers the oldest active black hole in the known universe

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a feeding supermassive black hole from when the universe was less than 600 million years old.

LiveScience · Jul 10, 2023

Gargantuan black hole 'switches on,' becoming one of the brightest objects ever seen

A black hole 10 billion light-years away suddenly 'switched on', becoming one of the brightest transient objects ever detected.

LiveScience · Jul 6, 2023

Hungry black hole 'switches on' as astronomers watch in surprise

Astronomers have witnessed one of the most dramatic "switching on" events ever seen as a distant supermassive black hole began greedily feasting on its surrounding matter.

Space · Jul 6, 2023

James Webb Space Telescope detects most distant active supermassive black hole ever seen

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the most distant active supermassive black hole to date, and researchers aren't sure how it could have formed so early in the universe's history.

Space · Jul 6, 2023

Researchers discover 'most distant' active supermassive black hole

Researchers have discovered the most distant active supermassive black hole to date with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

The National (Scotland) · Jul 6, 2023

Gravitational waves could help us find out how fast the universe's expansion is accelerating

Gravitational waves from merging black holes distorted due to a phenomenon predicted by Einstein could be a new way of measuring the rate of cosmic expansion.

Space · Jul 5, 2023

Humming of the universe caused by low-frequency gravitational waves found by IIT-H researchers

IIT-H researchers, as part of the Indian Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA) consortium, have found evidence for ultra-low frequency gravitational waves originating from a large number of ‘dancing monster black hole pairs’ more than a million times the size of the Sun.

The Hindu · Jul 5, 2023

Webb spies early string of cosmic web

The invisible threadlike structure is anchored by a quasar raising questions about black holes

Salon · Jul 4, 2023