Why is the Cygnus X-3 mystery object so bright? Astronomers may now have the answer
by It has been shown to be a smaller-scale example of some of the most luminous quasars in a binary system containing a superstar and a …
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At the heart of this distant galaxy are not 1, but 2 jet-bursting black holes
A binary black hole system in an active galaxy about 4 billion light-years away was seen to brighten dramatically, when one of the black holes …
How are galaxies destroyed?
Eventually, all galaxies, including our own Milky Way, will come to an end. But how do galaxies die? If you want to destroy an entire …
12 billion years of black hole history, revealed through X-rays and simulations
The history of galaxies’ dark cores has been told almost entirely for the first time, as astronomers combine X-ray observations with supercomputer models to describe …
Hubble Telescope maps high-speed ‘burps’ from nearby supermassive black hole for 1st time
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have, for the first time ever, mapped the plasma “bubbles” of a supermassive black hole-powered quasar that lives relatively …
Are the stars disappearing into their own black holes? A strange binary system says ‘yes’
Scientists found strong evidence that some huge stars end with a whimper, not a bang, and sink into a black hole of their own making …
Time warps and destroyed stars help reveal how fast supermassive black holes spin
The “wobbling” remains of a star that suffered an ugly death at the maw of a supermassive black hole helped reveal the speed of its …
Right again, Einstein! Scientists find where ‘waterfalls’ are in black holes
Scientists have confirmed, for the first time, that the fabric of space-time takes a “final beginning” at the edge of a black hole. Astrophysicists at …
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will hunt for the universe’s 1st star – or its shredded body, anyway
NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Telescope could use the ugly deaths of stars torn apart by black holes to hunt for the first population of …
Fall into a black hole in mind-bending NASA animation (video)
If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if you were lucky enough to fall into a black hole, NASA has your answer. A visualization created …