Webb Telescope Data Suggests There May Not Be a Ton of Supermassive Black Holes

Gizmodo

A team of researchers scrutinizing the Extended Groth Strip, a region of space between the constellations Ursa Major and Boötes, saw fewer growing supermassive black holes and less dust than they expected.

Meet the 'Event Horizon Explorer', Which Aims to See Light Rings Around Black Holes

Gizmodo

Astronomers transfixed the public in April 2019 when they released the first-ever image of a black hole, produced by radio wave data from a collaboration of telescopes around the world known collectively as the Event Horizon Telescope.

Scientists Propose Webb Telescope Has Detected Stars Powered by Dark Matter

Gizmodo

Astronomers looking at ancient light seen by the Webb Space Telescope have found three pinpricks that they think could be “dark stars,” theoretical objects powered by dark matter.

Read more...

Astronomers spot the biggest cosmic explosion ever seen, and it's 100 times the size of our solar system

Tech Insider
An artist's impression of a black hole shining from absorbing a cloud of dust.
Artist impression of a black hole accretion. A cold star is pictured in the foreground.

John A. Paice

A mysterious object has been spotted that is 10 million times brighter than the sun. Scientists can't work out why it hasn't exploded

Tech Insider
A superimposed picture shows the location of the M 82 X-2 ultraluminous X-ray source inside the Messier 2 galaxy.
A ULX called M82 X-2 is shown here inside the Messier 82 galaxy in this pseudo colored and visible light picture.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SAO/NOAO

Artificial intelligence may have just given astronomers a better idea of what black holes really look like

Tech Insider : Technology
A comparison of two images of a black hole. The left is blurrier, with a larger orange ring around a black center. The right has a thinner ring, and was produced by AI.
A comparison of the original image (left), captured in 2019, and a new version supplemented by artificial intelligence that scientists believe is closer to what the black hole may actually look like.

Lia Medeiros via The Associated Press

Subscribe to Black hole