A long time ago in a quasar far, far away…
The most distant quasar yet discovered illuminates the early universe…
It’s Complicated: Three-Body Interactions Can Affect LIGO’s Binary Black Hole Mergers
Though black holes may start as strangers, interactions between several of them — not just the two component masses — can lead to LIGO-esque mergers.
Hunting for new physics in a black hole’s shadow
Hints of a theory beyond General Relativity could lie in the shape of a black hole’s shadow. An Earth-sized telescope will allow us to resolve these shadows for the first time.
Astrophysical Classics: The Lost Art of Fishing in a Black Hole
In a strange, half-lost, piece of work Roger Penrose draws four figures dropping their lines into the depths of a black hole, and in doing so finds a new and hugely influential way to steal energy away from the heart of a spinning singularity.
Could Dark Matter be Black Holes?
Could LIGO have detected dark matter? Maybe dark matter is actually billions and billions and billions of black holes.
Students on the Hunt for Black Holes
Today, we hear from Ana Torres Campos about her experiences observing black holes for the Even Horizon Telescope. This is a crosspost from our sister site astrobitos.