A newly discovered black hole has been dubbed the 'hungriest' black hole ever detected. Scientists from the International Gemini Observatory and NSF NOIRLab say the void, called LID-568, devours ...
Here’s how it works. Astronomers have accidentally discovered the first-known "black hole triple" system, containing a dark void orbited by two stars. The unique configuration of this triad ...
Black holes are points in space that are so dense they create deep gravity sinks. Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that ...
A "black hole triple" system has been discovered for the first time, scientists announced. Black holes have only been spotted on their own or in a binary until this discovery, with a single star ...
"Overall, it's not surprising that black holes should be in triples, but what's surprising is that this system held onto the outer star after forming the black hole." Astronomers have discovered ...
As it turns out, stellar-mass and supermassive black hole coronas share geometric properties. Despite their name, black holes are often surrounded by bright, radiating whirlpools of matter known ...