Image credit: An artist’s impression of a supermassive black hole Deciphering a Mystery of Massive Black Holes and Quasars with Supercomputer SimulationsAt the center of…
A Supermassive Black Hole Emitted a Flare Away From Us, but Its Intense Gravity Redirected the Blast Back in Our Direction
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Jeremy Schnittman In 1916, Albert Einstein put the finishing touches on his Theory of General Relativity, a journey that began…
The Hunt for Wandering Black Holes
Simulated image of a black hole wandering in the Milky Way. [SXS Lensing] Wandering supermassive black holes — those that don’t lie at their galaxies’…
Astronomers Capture Beautiful New Image of Centaurus A
An image of the galaxy Centaurus A captured by the Dark Energy Camera based in Chile. (Image credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA/M. Soraisam/T.A. Rector/M. Zamani/D. de Martin) Centaurus A is…
Scientists Detect Light Being Ejected From Behind Black Hole, Proving Einstein’s Theory Correct
Researchers have now been able to see light being ejected from behind a supermassive black hole, 800 million light-years away from Earth. These light waves…