Mysteriously bright flash is a black hole jet pointing straight toward Earth, astronomers say
The observations could illuminate how supermassive black holes feed and grow.
The observations could illuminate how supermassive black holes feed and grow.
New observations show the deepest parts of the quasar's plasma jet in a project led by MIT Haystack Observatory.
The stars circle each other every 51 minutes, confirming a decades-old prediction.
Two MIT professors and five alumni recognized for outstanding contributions to astronomy research, education, and communication.
The image reveals a glowing, donut-shaped ring at the Milky Way’s heart.
The findings will help scientists trace a black hole’s evolution as it feeds on stellar material.
A new approach could make it possible to detect the elusive Unruh effect in hours, rather than billions of years.
The discovery, based on an unusual event dubbed “the Cow,” may offer astronomers a new way to spot infant compact objects.
Mergers between two neutron stars have produced more heavy elements in last 2.5 billion years than mergers between neutron stars and black holes.
Study offers evidence, based on gravitational waves, to show that the total area of a black hole’s event horizon can never decrease.
In a 3Q, Salvatore Vitale describes how gravitational-wave signals suggest black holes completely devoured their companion neutron stars.
Faculty from the departments of Physics and of Nuclear Science and Engineering faculty were selected for the Early Career Research Program.
Regardless of size, all black holes experience similar accretion cycles, a new study finds.
Four MIT undergraduates whose research areas explore artificial intelligence, space, and climate change honored for their academic achievements.
Certain ultralight bosons would be expected to put the brakes on black holes, but new results show no such slowdown.