Most detailed observations of material orbiting close to a Black Hole
ESO’s GRAVITY instrument confirms black hole status of the Milky Way centre ESO’s exquisitely sensitive GRAVITY instrument has added further
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Star Shredded by Rare Breed of Black Hole
ESA’s XMM-Newton observatory has discovered the best-ever candidate for a very rare and elusive type of cosmic phenomenon: a medium-weight
Read moreGravitational Wave Event Likely Signalled Creation of a Black Hole
The spectacular merger of two neutron stars that generated gravitational waves announced last fall likely did something else: birthed a
Read moreOdd behaviour of star reveals lonely Black Hole hiding in giant star cluster
Astronomers using ESO’s MUSE instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered a star in the cluster NGC
Read moreSupermassive Black Holes Feed on Cosmic Jellyfish
ESO’s MUSE instrument on the VLT discovers new way to fuel black holes Observations of “Jellyfish galaxies” with ESO’s Very
Read moreDiscovery in the early universe poses black hole growth puzzle
Quasars are luminous objects with supermassive black holes at their centres, visible over vast cosmic distances. Infalling matter increases the
Read moreStarving black hole returns brilliant galaxy to the shadows
The mystery of a rare change in the behaviour of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a distant
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