Black Hole

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…

For more than 30 years, astronomers have been observing and studying the elliptical galaxy NGC 4486B . But further observations revealed a supermassive black hole with a mass of about 360 million times that of the Sun, located in an unusual region. Indeed, in most galaxies, supermassive black holes are…

Supermassive black holes are believed to be at the heart of every galaxy, but how did they get so big? Likely by gobbling up other black holes, astronomers say.  Unfortunately, supermassive black holes in close proximity to each other have proved difficult to find—until now. New research from the Max…

An illustration showing a clustering of tiny primordial black holes that could account for dark matter. (Image credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)) Ripples in the very fabric of space and time called "gravitational waves" may have provided the first tantalizing evidence of tiny black holes born during the Big…

Astronomers have spotted an intriguing triple-galaxy system, nicknamed "The Stingray," that dates to when the universe was just over 1.1 billion years old. A new analysis of the celestial sea creature has revealed an object that may provide clues about the nature of mysterious cosmic objects dubbed "little red dots"…

Astronomers studying the galaxy Mrk 501 have identified a second jet of matter near its core, an unexpected feature in a system thought to host a single supermassive black hole. The discovery comes from more than two decades of high-resolution radio observations, collected across dozens of sessions and multiple frequencies…

It's possible the two black holes could merge within the next century. Credit: Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Supermassive black holes literally don’t add up. Astrophysicists know it takes more time than is mathematically possible for one…