Abell 2744–QSO1 appears just 700 million years after the Big Bang, an era when astronomers … “Massive black hole from the early universe has astronomers looking back to the Big Bang”
Over the past decade, astronomers have detected many stellar-mass black holes that don’t quite make sense. Stellar-mass … “A dead galaxy from the early universe is forcing astronomers to rethink galactic evolution”
Over the past decade, astronomers have detected many stellar-mass black holes that don’t quite make sense. Stellar-mass … “Strangely large black holes are built, not born”
The Hubble Space Telescope has been operational for more than 35 years now, delivering exquisite … “Tracking Changes in the Trifid Nebula With the Hubble”
The gravitational waves from colliding black holes were first detected in 2015, with many more … “Exploding Stars, Black Holes, and the Forbidden Gap”
The Cygnus X-1 black hole has a special place in the history of astronomy. In 1971, astronomers … “Black hole Cygnus X-1’s dancing jets”
Gravity behaves predictably in your daily life. Drop a ball, and it falls. Planets loop … “Scientists reveal the hidden forces shaping how gravity works across the Universe”
The first stars and galaxies formed out of immense clouds of neutral hydrogen, but it … “Early Galaxies Were Surrounded by Huge Clouds of Hydrogen, and Astronomers Found a Whole Bunch!”
Most galaxies contain supermassive black holes, built up through countless mergers of less massive black … “Two Monsters, One Galaxy, and a Collision 100 Years Away!”
Cold gas does not look dramatic at first glance. Neither does dust. Yet those two … “Cosmic simulations reveal how galaxies formed and evolved over billions of years”