Scientists have tapped into gravitational lensing and stellar dynamics to confirm the existence of a black hole with 36 ...

Scientists have spotted a giant black hole. It is 36 billion times the mass of our Sun. This black hole resides 5 billion ...

The matter heats up to scorching temperatures, and particles get boosted to close to the speed of light. Together, these processes make the black hole surroundings glow with X-rays.

Astrophysicists use echoes of light to illuminate black holes Date: November 7, 2024 Source: Institute for Advanced Study Summary: Researchers have developed an innovative technique to search for ...

Light curve of the gamma-ray flare (bottom) and collection of quasi-simultaneous images of the M87 jet (top) at various scales obtained in radio and X-rays during the 2018 campaign.

The Cygnus X-1 system is one of the brightest sources of X-rays in the Milky Way, consisting of a black hole called Cygnus X-1 and its giant companion, a star packing 41 times the mass of our Sun ...

The black hole in question, which has a mass around 1.4 billion times that of the sun, is located at the heart of a galaxy designated 1ES 1927+654. It's located about 270 million light-years away ...

The X-rays detected with IXPE are emitted by the hot matter, or plasma, in a 2,000-km diameter region surrounding the 60-km diameter event horizon of the black hole.