Zoom / On the left, the complete Hubble image. On the right, different images of the object with a gravitational lens.NASA, ESA, STScI, Wenley Chen,…
The 12 strangest objects in the universe
There is no mistaking the fact that the universe is weird. Just look outside and you’ll see all sorts of strange, self-reproducing flora and fauna,…
They confirm the discovery of the “closest” black hole to Earth: it is 1,600 light years away
The black hole, named Gaia BH1, is 10 times more massive than our sun and lies just under 1,600 light-years from Earth. Its companion star…
First. X-rays reveal details about the matter around a black hole
An artist’s impression of the Cygnus X-1 system, with the black hole appearing in the center and its companion star to the left. Credit: JOHN…
Is HR 6819 a triple system containing a black hole?
(Image: ESO / L. Calcada) A case of stellar vampirism has been discovered in the HR 6819 system so marked that in its day it…
Black holes in quantum state break the limits of the strange
They would help to achieve a unifying theory between general relativity and quantum mechanics, capable of explaining the nature of the Universe at all its…