Black hole

Black hole

An artist's impression of the Cygnus X-1 system, with a so-called stellar-mass black hole orbiting a companion star some 7,200 light years from Earth. International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research/Handout via REUTERS

New look at first black hole detected shows it is bigger than expected

Researchers said on Thursday that new observations of the Cygnus X-1 black hole, orbiting in a stellar marriage with a large and luminous star, showed it is 21 times our sun’s mass, about 50% more...

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Earth is now 2,000 light years closer to supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy

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Fastest-growing black hole of universe has huge appetite 

After passing too close to a super massive black hole, a star is torn apart into a thin stream of gas, which is then pulled back around the black hole and slams into itself, creating a bright shock and ejecting more hot material, in this artist's conception released on September 26, 2019/ Reuters

Caught in the act: A black hole rips apart an unfortunate star

This is an artist's depiction of a black hole about to swallow a neutron star. Detectors signaled this possible event on August 14, 2019/ UNB-CNN

Black hole gobbles up neutron star, causing ripples in space and time