Astronomers using a global radio telescope array have captured a record-sharp image of the blazar OJ 287, showing its particle jet is sharply bent. This […]
Tag: black holes
Earliest Known Black Hole Found Just 500 Million Years After the Big Bang
Astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole yet, an ancient quasar more than 13 billion light years from our own Earth, incredibly close to […]
NICER Status Updates – NASA
Science Observations Remain Paused for NASA’s NICER Telescope Science operations by NASA’s NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space […]
Dark Matter Theories Suggest Hidden Mirror World and Origins at the Edge of the Universe
Now there are two more options available for theoretical physicists mulling over the mystery of what dark matter is, and with them come another two […]
James Webb Space Telescope Reimagines Hubble’s Deep Field, Unveils Ancient Galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has returned to Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field, capturing over 2,500 galaxies across cosmic history. It is part of JWST’s […]
Gravitational Waves Reveal Most Massive Black Hole Merger Ever Observed
Delivering a fresh jolt to a field recently rocked by controversy, astrophysicists have discovered the most massive collision yet of a pair of black holes […]
JWST Finds Black Hole Between Galaxy Cores, Hinting at Rare Direct Collapse Birth
Astronomers have detected a weird black hole that is causing its galactic host to wobble like a top in the throes of “direct collapse” in […]
James Webb Telescope Spots Rare ‘Cosmic Owl’ Formed by Colliding Galaxies
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the “Cosmic Owl,” a startling owl-faced pair of colliding ring galaxies. This double-ring structure is exceptionally rare: ring […]
NASA Fosters Innovative Far-Out Tech
Through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, NASA nurtures visionary yet credible concepts that could one day “change the possible” in aerospace, while engaging […]
Black Hole Singularities May Not Exist, Say Scientists
The existence of singularities at the heart of black holes has been challenged by physicists, with new modifications to Einstein’s general relativity equations suggesting that […]
