Black Hole

Ancient galaxies colloquially known as "little red dots" have proven a mystery ever since astronomers discovered them three years ago. Now, a new study finds the strange features of little red dots might be explained by supermassive black holes in disguise during their youth. With the help of NASA's $10…

An illustration of a black hole shrouded in dust. Strange 'little red dots' discovered by the James Webb telescope may be young black holes cocooned in ancient dust clouds, new research hints. (Image credit: Getty Images) Scientists may have finally pinned down the nature of some of the most baffling…

Researchers have discovered a rule-breaking "bow shock" surrounding the white dwarf RXJ0528+2838, located around 730 light-years from Earth. The puzzling structure contains a multicolored nebula of gas and dust. (Image credit: ESO/K. Iłkiewicz and S. Scaringi et al. Background: PanSTARRS) Stunned astronomers have discovered a zombie star relatively near Earth…

An image of galaxy GS-10578, or "Pablo's Galaxy", which astronomers think was starved of its star-forming gas due to a supermassive black hole. (Image credit: JADES Collaboration) New observations of a strange galaxy show it was slowly starved to death by its own black hole . Two telescopes peered deep…

Monika Luabeya Jan 13, 2026 In this photo from early January 2026, teams prepare to encapsulate NASA’s Pandora small satellite, NASA-sponsored Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS), and the Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat, inside a SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s Pandora…

Scattered throughout the universe are colossal galaxies that appear to be dead, no longer capable of forming new stars. One of the oldest dead galaxies has just recently been surveyed, confirming that its death sentence was set by a black hole that whittled away at its most important star-making resource.…

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January 8, 2026 4 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm Weird, Wobbling Black Hole Jets Can Shape Entire Galaxies A wobbling jet from a giant, voracious black hole is suppressing star formation in a distant galaxy—and astronomers have never seen anything quite like it before By Jacek Krywko…

A detailed suite of simulations conducted by astrophysicists at the Flatiron Institute and their collaborators showed that magnetic fields can produce black holes with masses that were previously believed to be mostly unattainable. In 2023, astronomers recorded a dramatic cosmic event. Two unusually large black holes collided about 7 billion…

HAVANA, Dec 4 - Top law enforcement officials in Cuba said on Thursday the island was prioritizing the fight against narcotics trafficking in the Caribbean and continued to provide information to the U.S. Coast Guard amid escalating tensions and surging U.S. military presence in the region. Cuba and the United…