Black Hole

Unexpectedly resilient dusty structures circling Sagittarius A* are now confirmed to contain stars, overturning theories about object survival in extreme black hole environments.

NASA’s Best: 10 mesmerising images of the day from November 2025

Explore 10 mesmerising NASA images captured in November 2025, showcasing dramatic cosmic vistas, planetary close-ups and rare celestial events that reveal the beauty, scale and mystery of our ever-changing universe.

Scientists discovered a red giant star orbiting black hole in the Gaia BH2 system

Red giant star in Gaia BH2 shows starquakes revealing its hidden history. Study challenges assumptions about chemical age and informs black hole companion research.

Scientists solved the mystery of ‘forbidden’ black hole merger

Astronomers reveal how two “forbidden” massive black holes merged, solving a cosmic mystery and refining stellar evolution and gravitational-wave models.

Black hole pairings reveal turbulent origins and unusual motion

Two newly detected black hole mergers by LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA reveal rare spins and opposing orbits, reshaping theories of cosmic evolution.

From the beautiful Butterfly Nebula to the dazzling Horsehead Nebula: NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Week

NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Week showcases stunning images, from the vibrant Butterfly Nebula to the iconic Horsehead Nebula, revealing the universe’s beauty and the fascinating process of planet formation.

IIT Guwahati, ISRO and Israeli team detect rare X-ray flickers from distant black hole

The black hole, called GRS 1915+105, lies nearly 28,000 light-years away. Using India’s AstroSat observatory, researchers spotted alternating bright and dim X-ray phases.

Hidden 'ice cube' clouds spotted near Milky Way core, indicating recent black hole blast

Astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia have spotted massive clouds of cold hydrogen gas hiding within the Fermi bubbles.

Astronomers witness giant galaxy ‘turn on lights’ and awaken from 20-year slumber in real time

The light was coming from SDSS1335+0728, a modest spiral galaxy. This galaxy had been quiet for more than two decades.

Hubble celebrates 35 years by revisiting the magnificent Sombrero Galaxy in a new image

The Sombrero Galaxy, also called Messier 104, sits around 31 million light-years away. It’s located in the direction of the constellation Virgo.

Dormant black hole comes alive and spews explosive energy that stuns scientists

In a galaxy 300 million light-years away from Earth, a once-quiet black hole has woken up.

A new space mystery? Astronomers detect a strange cosmic blast in space that could be a new phenomenon

Astronomers are baffled by EP240408a, a rare cosmic explosion that defies explanation, sparking theories of a black hole and white dwarf collision or a new, unknown phenomenon.

Astronomers spot a mysterious object colliding with supermassive black hole jet in a distant galaxy

Astronomers discover unique collision between black hole jet and unidentified object in Centaurus A galaxy, shedding new light on cosmic dynamics.

Fluffy disk of gas feasted by supermassive black hole, know what scientist says

A supermassive blackhole feasted on the fluffy disk of swirling gas, these disks are the remains of the shredded and trapped stars. These supermassive black holes have mass millions and billions of times heavier than of our Sun.

What's inside a black hole? NASA's simulation may throw some light

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has produced an immersive visualization on a supercomputer through which viewers can jump into the event horizon, which is known as the black hole’s point of no return, the US space agency said on May 6

XPoSat launch: 5 key things about ISRO's bid to unravel black hole mystery

India has now become the second country after the US to have such a specialised “observatory” of this kind to study black holes. ISRO spent Rs 250 crore (approximately $30 million) on the XPoSat satellite

Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang

Given the universe is 13.7 billion years old, that puts the age of this black hole at 13.2 billion years.

Astronomers find a black hole in our cosmic backyard

Black holes are objects so dense that, according to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, not even light can escape them.

Black holes may hide a mind-bending secret about our universe

The two realms of gravity and quantum physics have long seemed to have nothing to do with each other; this left scientists ill-equipped to understand what happens in an extreme situation like a black hole or the beginning of the universe. But a blizzard of research on black holes in the past decade has revealed unexpected connections between the two views of the cosmos

NASA’s black hole recording sounds like something out of a horror movie | Listen

NASA has released the haunting audio clip of a black hole at the center of a galaxy cluster

Researchers find the fastest-growing black hole, can consume equivalent of one earth every second

The black whole contains matter equivalent to the mass of three suns. Researchers say others of this size stopped growing rapidly billions of years ago.

Scientists unveil image of huge black hole at Milky Way's center

Sagittarius A* possesses 4 million times the mass of our sun and is located about 26,000 light-years -- the distance light travels in a year, 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km) -- from Earth.

‘Don’t stare at this video for too long,’ NASA warns for viral black hole visualisation

NASA has shared a mesmerising video of a black hole, but it comes with a warning.

NASA probing why a distant galaxy has been shooting out flares every 114 days

If NASA scientists are able to confirm that a supermassive black hole at the centre of the galaxy is causing the light fluctuations, it would greatly enhance our understanding of the Universe.

Mumbai Police posts witty anti-drug message using black hole pic, wins Internet

Mumbai Police’s Twitter handle is known for coming up with snippety messages.