Black Hole
Russia’s Kilo-Class: The Navy Calls This the ‘Black Hole’ Submarine
What You Need to Know: The Kilo-class submarine, a diesel-electric attack vessel designed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s, remains a crucial asset in the Russian Navy. Despite being...
New Black Hole Discovery Settles an Astronomer’s Bet
One of the greatest things about being an astrophysicist is that you keep discovering things you didn’t think were possible. Now the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo Observatory...
Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth (Still 1,000 Light-Years Away)
European astronomers have discovered the closest black hole to Earth yet—and it was hiding in plain sight only 1,011 light-years away. This relatively nearby black hole was pinpointed in a...
Star’s Dance Steps Around Black Hole Prove Einstein Was a Pure Genius
Situated about 26,000 light-years from our sun, there is a supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy – and this beast’s name is Sagittarius A*. For...
Black Hole Sun: What You Don’t Know About Your Galazy
Do supermassive black holes have friends? The nature of galaxy formation suggests that the answer is yes, and in fact, pairs of supermassive black holes should be common in the...