A big burst of brightness suddenly popped up. Then, it calmed down again. We couldn’t find a pattern in this activity. It appears to be random. The activity profile of this black hole was new ...
"Unlike any objects we know, these filaments really surprised us. Since then, we have been pondering what they are." ...
Despite the bounce and subsequent expansion, nothing can leave the event horizon, so it expands into a new region of ...
Our understanding of black holes, time, and the mysterious dark energy that governs the universe may be on the verge of a ...
A big burst of brightness suddenly popped up ... "The activity profile of this black hole was new and exciting every time that we looked at it." Though they're effectively invisible, astronomers ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Within the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument's early data, scientists have uncovered the largest samples ever of intermediate-mass black holes and dwarf galaxies hosting an ...