Supermassive Black Hole Pairs Hide Away Together
Are dual active galactic nuclei (AGN) hiding away together behind gas as they spiral in towards each other?
Black Holes All the Way Down: New Multimessenger Evidence for a Binary Black Hole Merger Within an Active Galactic Nucleus
In today’s paper, a unique gravitational wave event is re-examined as the possible origin of an AGN flare. What are the odds?
Did the Sun swallow a black hole?
Find out what would happen if the Sun or other stars hid primordial black holes in their centers.
DIY Building Massive Black Holes
Your backyard-style black hole is easily made from a fairly massive star. But how do you get a really massive black hole, maybe even a supermassive one?
A Fast, Blue “Camel” Shines Across the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Relativistic Camels in space?? What a trip!
Paradise for Life by the AGN Light
Supermassive black holes have a really nasty reputation for rendering galaxies uninhabitable, but this perception may be misguided. It’s possible that the radiation these vast beasts release while feasting could bring forth a bounty for life as we know it. Could organisms subsist on the light of an AGN sun?