Hubble reveals stunning new details of galaxy IC 4709's black hole
The Hubble Space Telescope has once again delivered extraordinary images from the distant corners of the universe. This time, its subject of observation was the galaxy IC 4709, located 240 million light-years away in the constellation Microscopium.
Scientists Spot Giant Black Hole Destroying Galaxy
Strange Universe Like a parasite sucking the life force out of its host, an international group of scientists have determined that a supermassive black hole is starving a galaxy of essential materials to make new stars.
Can the black hole in the center of our galaxy expand to our solar system?
Black holes are one of the most mysterious cosmic phenomena, despite how much we continue to learn about them. While considered a mathematical possibility for many years, the first black hole wasn’t discovered until Cygnus X-1 in 1971.
A black hole is literally "starving" a galaxy to death, new study reveals
"The [energy released from gas falling into the] the supermassive black hole is removing large amounts of gas very fast from the galaxy," D'Eugenio explained. "Without this gas, no new stars can be formed, so this galaxy is losing the `shine' of young and bright stars, and has already started it's long history of fading."
A black hole ‘starving’ its host galaxy to death
The mass of gas being ejected from the galaxy is more than what’s needed to keep forming new stars. Essentially, the black hole is causing the galaxy to run out of gas and stop star formation, leading to its “starvation” and eventual death.
A 'primordial' black hole may zoom through our solar system every decade
"If there are lots of black holes out there, some of them must surely pass through our backyard every now and then."
This Black Hole Has a Cosmic Wingspan
Astronomers have discovered a black hole emitting energy in jets longer than the width of 140 Milky Way galaxies.
Massive jets of material shooting from a black hole dwarf even the largest galaxies, scientists say
Astronomers have observed a massive pair of jets releasing from a supermassive black hole 7.5 billion light-years from Earth.
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James Webb Space Telescope witnesses a black hole 'killing' its galaxy (photo)
"We found the culprit. The black hole is killing this galaxy and keeping it dormant by cutting off the source of 'food' the ...
Tiny Primordial Black Holes Could Explain Dark Matter
A new paper explores the idea of asteroid-sized objects that may be causing gravitational ripples in our cosmic neighborhood.
Astronomers detect black hole 'starving' its host galaxy to death
Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host ...
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Black hole is starving its host galaxy of star-forming fuel
Astronomers have detected a supermassive black hole starving its galaxy of gas, halting star formation in the early universe.
Black Hole’s Voracious Appetite Spells Doom for Its Host Galaxy
Galaxies usually become chaotic when they run out of star-making fuel, but this one is going out surprisingly quietly.
This Huge Black Hole Jet—the Biggest Ever—Could Change Our Understanding of the Universe
One key characteristic of a supermassive black hole is the duo of the extragalactic jets of material that form around its ...