The Biggest Black Holes Size comparison
This new NASA animation highlights the “super” in supermassive black holes.
The largest Black Hole ever Discovered
One of the largest black holes ever found, with a mass over 30 billion times the mass of the Sun, has been discovered.
Black Holes may be the Source of mysterious Dark Energy
Astronomers find evidence for the first time that black holes are the source of dark energy, the ‘missing’ 70% of the Universe.
Black Hole Eating a wayward Star
A wayward star is ripped to shreds by a black hole. It is first stretched out by the black hole’s intense gravity, until it no
Black Hole Star that shouldn’t exist
Black hole stars may have been the largest stars to ever exist.
A Hot Gas Bubble Swirling Around the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Scientists discovered a hot gas bubble swirling around the Milky Way’s supermassive Black Hole.
First image of the Βlack Ηole at the heart of our Galaxy
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy.
Black Holes are very Hard to Find
Black holes are hard to find. They have such strong gravity that light can’t escape them, so scientists must rely on clues from their surroundings
Black Hole Echoes
Simulations of the light echoes off of the accretion disk around a maximally spinning (“Kerr”) black hole.
How many Black Holes are there in the Universe?
How many Black Holes are out there in the Universe? Many… There are 40 billion billions!