Black Holes

A rotating black hole is a black hole that possesses angular momentum.

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Modeling Black Holes Is Easier With A Flicker Of Light

Do Black Holes Really Need Singularities?

Black holes are encircled by thin rings of light. This physicist wants to see one

When Black Holes Eat Their Own

Two Black Holes Observed Circling Each Other for the First Time

How Black Holes Produce Powerful Relativistic Jets

When Black Holes Don’t Play by the Rules

Two Black Holes Locked in a Death Spiral Imaged in Stunning First

Two Black Holes Caught on Camera Orbiting Each Other for the First Time

This is the world's 1st image of 2 black holes orbiting one another

Scientists capture an image of two black holes circling each other for the first time - EurekAlert!

For the first time, astronomers have managed to capture a radio image showing two black holes orbiting each other in quasar OJ287. The observation confirmed the existence of black hole pairs. In the past, astronomers have only managed to image individual black holes.

Black Holes Have No Hair, But They Do Have Comb Overs

How black holes produce powerful relativistic jets - EurekAlert!

Black holes might hold the key to a 60-year cosmic mystery

Is Dark Energy Born inside Black Holes?

Stars that brush past black holes live longer, stranger lives after their close encounters with death. Survivor stars can live billions of years longer than normal, carrying chemical fingerprints of their violent encounters with the Milky Way's black hole.

Do black holes exist and, if not, what have we really been looking at?

Black Holes and Mysterious Radiation: A 60-Year-Old Cosmic Puzzle May Finally Have an Answer

Giant Stars With Black Holes Inside Them May Have Been Detected For The First Time