“Once-in-a-career kind of finding”—the discovery is the best candidate for intermediate-mass black holes that astronomers have long believed to exist but have never found.
Read MoreTanmoy Laskar talks with @theU about an exciting announcement—gravitational waves are thrumming throughout the universe, distorting the fabric of space and time.
Read MoreAstronomers at the U believe the jet was produced by a black hole that began devouring a nearby star, releasing a huge amount of energy in the process.
Read MoreShining doughnut-like structures come from the radiation of the accretion flow around the black hole.
Read MoreIt is one of the only confirmed intermediate-mass black holes, an object that has long been sought by astronomers.
Read MoreU astronomer Anil Seth explains why the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope was a cosmically huge deal.
Read MoreLearn how understanding black holes can help us understand ourselves.
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