Black Hole

Rachel Reeves left No11 for the Commons today as she prepares to deliver her crucial Spring Statement. The Chancellor gave a brief smile for the cameras as she headed for Parliament, where she will lay out her plans after PMQs. However, Ms Reeves has already suffered a blow with the Treasury…

Could our galaxy actually be inside a black hole? New research seems to suggest this possibility. NASA's James Webb Telescope discovered that the rotation of the galaxies goes against what scientists previously thought about the universe. The findings have revealed new insights about deep space. Not so random Subscribe to…

2MASX J23453268-0449256 (J2345-0449 for short), an extremely massive, rapidly rotating, jet-launching spiral galaxy approximately 947 million light-years in the constellation of Aquarius, harbors a supermassive black hole billions of times the Sun’s mass which is powering colossal radio jets stretching 6 million light-years across. That is one of the largest…

Almost every galaxy has a black hole at its center. The black hole’s immense gravitational pull attracts and consumes surrounding matter and gas. Over time, as they accumulate enough material, they can become an active galactic nucleus (AGN). An AGN emits powerful, high-energy radiation that can spread throughout the galaxy.…

A color image of the newly discovered black hole light echo candidate, which may be one of the biggest ever found. (Image credit: Julian Shapiro, Chilescope T1) ANAHEIM, Calif. — Long after the black hole in the center of a galaxy sputters out, you can still see its ghost lingering…

Black holes are enigmatic yet simplistic astronomical forces at the center of science fiction and scientific discovery alike. At the center of our galaxy, a supermassive black hole with a mass equivalent to 4 million suns lies: Sagittarius A. Though humans – at least to our knowledge – have never…

By Ian Randall is Newsweek's Deputy Science Editor, based in Royston, U.K. His focus is reporting on science and health. He has covered archeology, geology, and physics extensively. Ian joined Newsweek in 2023 from the Daily Express U.S. and had previously worked at Express.co.uk and MailOnline, alongside freelancing for various…

Galaxies observed by the JWST with those rotating one way circled in red, those rotating the other way circled in blue. (Image credit: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2025)) Without a doubt, since its launch, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revolutionized our view of the early universe,…

Scientists from the University of Sheffield have made groundbreaking progress in understanding black holes, time, and dark energy—mysteries that shape our universe. With their immense gravitational pull that traps even light, black holes have fascinated scientists and storytellers for decades. Traditionally, black holes are thought to have a singularity at…

Prepare to be wowed by the mysterious cosmic wonders that are black holes. Black holes are perhaps the most nightmarishly fascinating features of our universe. Like long dark tunnels to nowhere (or giant garbage disposals), these mysterious fixtures in space exert a gravitational pull so gripping that nothing close by…