Black Hole

An illustration of a supermassive black hole against a background of dark matter. (Image credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)) New research suggests that supermassive black holes that existed before the cosmos was 1 billion years old may have formed with a helping hand from dark matter, the universe's most…

The strong stellar wind from the supergiant starpushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. (Image credit: International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research(ICRAR)) Astronomers watched as jets blasting from a black hole cannibalized a blue supergiant companion star. Data from the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKA)…

New research by Professor Enrique Gaztañaga from the University of Portsmouth and the Institute of Space Sciences in Barcelona suggests some black holes formed before the Big Bang and survived a cosmic ‘bounce,’ potentially explaining dark matter, gravitational-wave backgrounds, and the early growth of supermassive black holes and galaxies. Gaztañaga…

LIV Golf appears on the rocks, with news of a withdrawal of sports funding by its Saudi owners a body blow to one of the crown jewels of South Australian tourism. What are the numbers looking like? (Image: Private Media/Zennie) Last week, the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced…

Researchers have taken a major step toward understanding how black holes influence the universe by directly measuring the power of their jets. Using a network of radio telescopes spread across the globe, a team led by Curtin University captured detailed images that reveal just how energetic these jets can be.…

Astronomers may have discovered an extreme pair of light-spewing black holes that are spiraling toward an enormous collision — the effects of which could be felt in the next century. Using decades of radio telescope observations, the astronomers studied an ultrabright object that was previously thought to be a blazar…

OPINION: Treasury tax raids are draining households of cash but Britain's military has a black hole in its finances 17:00, Thu, Apr 16, 2026 Updated: 12:20, Fri, Apr 17, 2026 Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Image: PA) Rachel Reeves’s Treasury is accused of presiding over the fastest increase in taxes of an…

By: Marcia Dunn, The Associated Press Posted: 4:44 AM CDT Thursday, Apr. 16, 2026 Last Modified: 9:10 AM CDT Thursday, Apr. 16, 2026 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, scientists have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole. Read this article for…

More than 60 years after it was first spotted, Cygnus X-1 — the first confirmed black hole — is still full of surprises. Researchers have finally measured the energy output of this behemoth's "dancing jets," and the results could help answer wider questions about the extreme behavior of black holes…

A new theoretical study suggests that black holes may never fully evaporate, which contradicts an infamous Stephen Hawking theory that seems to violate fundamental laws of quantum mechanics . Instead, black holes could leave behind tiny, stable remnants that store all the information they once consumed, the study suggests. But…