SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged supermassive black holes Astronomers find a treasure trove of black holes in small galaxies Dwarf galaxies have active black holes hiding in plain sight. By Phil Plait | 3 weeks ago Are supermassive black holes killing their host galaxies? Fast and furious winds from black holes suppress star birth. By Phil Plait | 3 weeks 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 month ago How to create a massive black hole: Let it feed on a very dense star cluster Supermassive black hole birth and growth may involve eating lots of stars. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago Mashup of a galaxy and a quasar evolved into a supermassive black hole Even monsters start out as embryos. By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 months ago Follow-up: ORCs are weird, huge, and still mysterious circles in space Odd Radio Circles may be millions of light-years across. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago How did supermassive black holes get so big so fast? To find out, scientists turn to the dark sector New idea posits supermassive black holes were born that way. By Phil Plait | 3 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 | 3 months ago This pair of supermassive black holes may be doomed to collide in 10,000 years The tightest pair of monster black holes ever seen are 9 billion light years away. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago How do you hide a supermassive black hole? Dust. Lots and lots of dust. New observations show M 77's black hole is hidden by thick dust. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago Load More
Astronomers find a treasure trove of black holes in small galaxies Dwarf galaxies have active black holes hiding in plain sight. By Phil Plait | 3 weeks ago
Are supermassive black holes killing their host galaxies? Fast and furious winds from black holes suppress star birth. By Phil Plait | 3 weeks 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 month ago
How to create a massive black hole: Let it feed on a very dense star cluster Supermassive black hole birth and growth may involve eating lots of stars. By Phil Plait | 1 month ago
Mashup of a galaxy and a quasar evolved into a supermassive black hole Even monsters start out as embryos. By Elizabeth Rayne | 2 months ago
Follow-up: ORCs are weird, huge, and still mysterious circles in space Odd Radio Circles may be millions of light-years across. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
How did supermassive black holes get so big so fast? To find out, scientists turn to the dark sector New idea posits supermassive black holes were born that way. By Phil Plait | 3 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 | 3 months ago
This pair of supermassive black holes may be doomed to collide in 10,000 years The tightest pair of monster black holes ever seen are 9 billion light years away. By Phil Plait | 3 months ago
How do you hide a supermassive black hole? Dust. Lots and lots of dust. New observations show M 77's black hole is hidden by thick dust. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago