Black Holes Stellar hypoxia may help make more massive black holes Lower oxygen in a star may explain two cosmic mysteries at once. By Phil Plait 3 days ago This is what a black hole sounds like It will haunt you. By Elizabeth Rayne 1 week ago Incredible images as astronomers see material swirling around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole for the very first time! Images show material just above The Point Of No Return. By Phil Plait 1 week ago A black hole may be munching on the dying body of a star An undersized red giant may have a dark companion. By Phil Plait 1 month ago Hear that? It’s the heartbeat of a black hole Instead of a stethoscope, use a telescope. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago Explaining off-kilter black hole mergers may need a lot more black holes. A lot. I heard you like black holes so I put black holes in your black holes with other black holes. By Phil Plait 2 months ago It might be like The Matrix inside a black hole You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the physics rabbit hole goes. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago Was GW190521 the result of eccentric, non-aligned black holes merging? New analysis of a big merger yields strange results. By Phil Plait 3 months ago Black holes lurk in literal rings of fire If there was an Eye of Sauron in space, it would be a black hole. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago Astronomers find the first rogue black hole wandering the Milky Way! If confirmed, it's the first isolated stellar-mass black hole ever found. By Phil Plait 3 months ago Load More
Stellar hypoxia may help make more massive black holes Lower oxygen in a star may explain two cosmic mysteries at once. By Phil Plait 3 days ago
Incredible images as astronomers see material swirling around the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole for the very first time! Images show material just above The Point Of No Return. By Phil Plait 1 week ago
A black hole may be munching on the dying body of a star An undersized red giant may have a dark companion. By Phil Plait 1 month ago
Hear that? It’s the heartbeat of a black hole Instead of a stethoscope, use a telescope. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago
Explaining off-kilter black hole mergers may need a lot more black holes. A lot. I heard you like black holes so I put black holes in your black holes with other black holes. By Phil Plait 2 months ago
It might be like The Matrix inside a black hole You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the physics rabbit hole goes. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 months ago
Was GW190521 the result of eccentric, non-aligned black holes merging? New analysis of a big merger yields strange results. By Phil Plait 3 months ago
Black holes lurk in literal rings of fire If there was an Eye of Sauron in space, it would be a black hole. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago
Astronomers find the first rogue black hole wandering the Milky Way! If confirmed, it's the first isolated stellar-mass black hole ever found. By Phil Plait 3 months ago
