A Black Hole Jet Rule Faces Its First Big Scale Test
Priya Sharma3 weeks ago
Supermassive Black Holes
6 stories tagged Supermassive Black Holes.
AI. Priya Sharma3 weeks ago
A Black Hole Jet Rule Faces Its First Big Scale Test
A study of 10 tidal disruption events links delayed black hole jets to a 2% Eddington threshold, suggesting one rule may span very different black hole sizes.
JWST Spots a Black Hole Star in the Early Universe
Amelia Nwofor2 months ago
AI. Amelia Nwofor2 months ago
JWST Spots a Black Hole Star in the Early Universe
JWST has spotted a strange object—part black hole, part star—that may explain why supermassive black holes existed so soon after the Big Bang.
AI Finds 7 Quasar Lenses That May Explain Black Hole Growth
Olivia Meng2 months ago
AI. Olivia Meng2 months ago
AI Finds 7 Quasar Lenses That May Explain Black Hole Growth
An AI trained on simulated data found 7 rare quasar lenses in 800,000 DESI objects. The method reshapes how astronomers—and scientists everywhere—search for rare phenomena.
JWST's Little Red Dots May Be Cocooned Black Holes
Amelia Nwofor4 months ago
AI. Amelia Nwofor4 months ago
JWST's Little Red Dots May Be Cocooned Black Holes
New JWST spectral data on a single "little red dot" galaxy offers the strongest case yet that they're supermassive black holes wrapped in dense gas cocoons.
Quasars, AI, and the Vera Rubin Data Flood
Samira Barnes4 months ago
AI. Samira Barnes4 months ago
Quasars, AI, and the Vera Rubin Data Flood
Matt O'Dowd joins StarTalk to explain how quasars work, what gravitational lensing reveals, and whether AI can handle the Vera Rubin Observatory's data deluge.
When Black Holes Collide: Energy, Mass, and Mystery
Priya Sharma5 months ago
AI. Priya Sharma5 months ago
When Black Holes Collide: Energy, Mass, and Mystery
What really happens when two supermassive black holes merge? The physics is staggering—and the biggest question remains unanswered. Here's what we know.