Images taken of the Universe’s most photogenic black hole over time reveal strange and exciting changes in its magnetic field. Using observations obtained using the Event Horizon Telescope in 2017, 2018, and 2021, scientists mapped changes in the polarization of M87*’s magnetic field, suggesting that, while the black hole itself is stable, there’s wild and dynamic cosmic weather raging outside …
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A supermassive black hole in the far reaches of the Universe has been found guzzling down material at one of the fastest rates ever seen. At the heart of a quasar galaxy called RACS J0320-35, just 920 million years after the Big Bang, the black hole appears to be devouring matter at 2.4 times the Eddington limit – the theoretical …
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In 1981, while conducting a redshift survey of the distribution of galaxies, astronomers spotted something (or nothing) that they weren’t expecting. “[W]e discovered that the redshift distributions in each of the three northern fields showed an identical 6,000 [kilometers per second] gap. Because these fields were separated by angles of ~35°, this suggested the existence of a large void in …
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In the sweltering heart of the Taklimakan Desert, China has begun sinking a borehole more than 11,000 meters deep into the Earth’s crust — a feat that could reshape how we understand the planet’s interior. The project, launched in May 2024, is one of the most ambitious scientific drilling efforts ever attempted, rivaling the legendary Kola Superdeep Borehole in Russia. …
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“This Black Hole Eats 3,000 Suns Per Year”: Scientists Terrified As Space Monster Breaks Physics While Growing Faster Than Possible Rude Baguette NASA’s Chandra Finds Black Hole With Tremendous Growth NASA (.gov) ‘Shocking’: Astronomers find monster black hole growing at 2.4 times the theoretical limit Live Science This Rapidly-Growing Black Hole Could Explain The JWST’s Puzzling Findings Universe Today “This Black Hole Eats 3,000 …
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President Donald Trump counts U.S. farmers as one of his most loyal constituencies, but the administration’s recent move to expand economic support for Argentina has drawn the ire of the agriculture industry. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on social media on Wednesday that he and Trump spoke at length with Argentina president Javier Milei about plants to financially support Argentina …
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The Big Bang may have actually been the explosive rebound of a collapsing black hole – one which our entire Universe could still be inside of. That’s the claim of a new study led by Enrique Gaztañaga at the University of Portsmouth. The paper suggests the Big Bang was actually a ‘Big Bounce’, when matter falling into a giant black …
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This isn’t your grandfather’s Bethpage Black. It’s not Brooks Koepka’s, either. When Koepka lifted the Wanamaker Trophy in 2019, he did so with a winning score of 8 under on the Black Course, which has not yielded a 72-hole mark lower than 10 under in the five PGA Tour-recognized events it’s hosted. When Tiger Woods won the U.S. Open here …
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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of a black hole star — a potentially new class of cosmic object with a feeding black hole at its center, and a dense cocoon of turbulent gas surrounding it like a star. | Credit: MPIA/HdA/T. Müller/A. de Graaff Astronomers have …
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Astronomers have discovered a new object that could help shed light on mysterious “little red dots” that were first spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in 2022. The newfound object, dubbed “the Cliff,” suggests that the little red dots represent a totally new class of cosmic objects known as a “black hole star,” the researchers say. This newly …
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