Quasars — galactic cores containing active supermassive black holes — are among the most ancient things in the universe. As dust and gas accelerate toward the quasar's central black hole, the ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have gotten the first-ever look at the light of ancient stars shining around some of the biggest, brightest and oldest black holes in the ...
This artist's concept illustrates a supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun. Supermassive black holes are enormously dense objects buried at the hearts of galaxies.
Over 100 years on, scientists have finally confirmed one of Albert Einstein's theories about the nature of black holes. In 1915, Einstein predicted that black holes should have a 'plunging ...
A James Webb Telescope image shows the J0148 quasar circled in red. Two insets show, on top, the central black hole, and on bottom, the stellar emission from the host galaxy. A team of MIT astronomers ...
In the realm of astrophysics, black holes stand as enigmatic cosmic entities, shrouded in mystery and awe-inspiring in their sheer gravitational might. To probe the depths of these cosmic abysses and ...
Scientists unveil Black Hole's plunge, bizarre region around black holes found WION Video Team | Updated: May 18, 2024, 08:10 AM IST Black holes are on of the most facinating objects in our cosmic ...
Einstein’s theory predicted that this final plunge would exist. Contrary to Newton’s theory of gravity, Einstein’s theory posits that particles cannot safely follow circular orbits when near a black ...
May 29, 2024 — Researchers have applied the well-understood and highly verified quantum field theory, usually applied to the study of the very small, to a new target, the early universe.
Einstein's theory of general relativity revolutionized our understanding of gravity in 1915. Among its many predictions, the idea that matter close to a black hole would suddenly abandon its orbit to ...