Not all black holes that wander are lost – and now, some may have been found.
In today’s paper, astronomers look for meandering modern-day analogues of the ancient building blocks of supermassive black holes.
A puppy chasing its tail: The Event Horizon Telescope’s observations of Sgr A*, part 2
Yesterday, the Event Horizon Telescope released a second ever image of a black hole. Here’s what they found.
90 years in the making: The Event Horizon Telescope’s observations of Sgr A*, part 1
Yesterday, the Event Horizon Telescope released the first image of the black hole at the center of our galaxy. But how did we get to this point?
Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter My Accretion Disk
“But the stars that marked our starting fall away. We must go deeper into greater pain…” -Dante’s Inferno… and AGN, apparently
When good galaxies go bad: a new mechanism for galaxy death
Why are so many modern galaxies not actively forming stars? Today’s guest post by Katherine Lee explores one mechanism that may quench star formation in Milky Way-like galaxies.
When Two Black Holes Quarrel, a Third Rejoices
Put three supermassive black holes in one simulation and let them fight over the center stage. Will there be a survivor?