black hole

A Flicker From the Dark

The new simulation illustrates how the flickering light around a black hole can encode information about the system.

Reading between the lines to model our galaxy’s central black hole
Looking Deep into Space

Grad student and LeRoy Apker Award winner Joseph Farah brings his curiosity and drive to Las Cumbres Observatory
Beacon from the Early Universe

The discovery of the second-most distant quasar shakes up scientists’ understanding of black hole growth
A* Model

A simulation of light emission around Sagittarius A* as gas spirals inward over the course of around 53 hours.

Physicist’s innovative model provides insight into the behavior of the black hole at the center of our galaxy
An Identity Problem

Scientists resolve the nature of powerful cosmic objects
A New Kind of Black Hole Activity

Astrophysicists help discover a new class of flares associated with supermassive black holes

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