Black Hole

October 16, 2025 5 min read When a Galaxy Erupts, What We See Depends on How We See It Voracious supermassive black holes light up the cores of “active” galaxies across the universe. How we see them, however, is a matter of perspective By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings…

For the first time, scientists have observed a tidal disruption event (TDE) -- a phenomenon in which a black hole rips apart a passing star -- taking place outside the central region of a galaxy. This unusual discovery revealed powerful and rapidly changing radio waves, showing that supermassive black holes…

An artist’s impression of a tidal disruption event, where a star gets too close to a black hole and is torn apart, its debris forming an accreting disk of material around the black hole. (Image credit: Ralf Crawford (STScI).) The death of a star at the hands of a massive…

A composite image of three infrared wavelengths captured by JWST showing the jet erupting out of Messier 87's supermassive black hole. (Image credit: Figure reproduced from: Röder J et al (2025), Astronomy & Astrophysics 701: L12. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202556577. © 2025 The Authors. Licensed under CC BY 4.0) New images from the…

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Rachel Reeves faced fresh humiliation after Britain’s growth prospects were downgraded and unemployment soared to a four year high. Critics accused the Chancellor of “killing growth and crushing jobs” as the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for UK growth next year. Kemi Badenoch said Labour’s economic failures are “making…

Scientists have designed a compact new detector capable of sensing gravitational waves in a long-missing frequency range, potentially revealing cosmic events never before observed. Using precision optical cavities and atomic clock technology, researchers at the Universities of Birmingham and Sussex aim to detect the elusive milli-Hertz waves produced by black…

Space Stars often fall into black holes, and now it seems the opposite can also occur, producing an extra long-lasting explosion as the star is consumed from within By Jonathan O’Callaghan Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email This orange dot is a gamma-ray burst that seems…

Chancellor under pressure to balance the books in autumn statement as £50bn black hole looms 07:47, Mon, Oct 13, 2025 Updated: 07:47, Mon, Oct 13, 2025 The Chancellor is due to set out her Budget on November 26 (Image: Getty) Rachel Reeves could impose a "one-off" wealth tax in her…

Using data from the RadioAstron satellite, astronomers have produced a radio image of two supermassive black holes at the center of the distant quasar OJ 287, where the secondary black hole is in a 12-year orbit around the primary. This RadioAstron map two supermassive black holes at the center of…