No Big Black Hole for Two ULXs
Two new studies suggest that ultraluminous X-ray sources are not all created by beefy black holes.
How is Time Changed Inside a Black Hole?
Because black holes severely warp the fabric of spacetime, they have a curious effect on the passage of time as seen by an outside observer.
Sizes of Black Holes: How Big is a Black Hole?
Black holes are singularities: points of infinitely small volume with infinite density. However, the amount of a mass concentrated in a black hole varies, and the mass determines how wide the black hole's sphere of influence is.
Are Black Holes Real? If so, Who Discovered Them?
The concept of a black hole was first contrived in by John Michell 1783. For a long time, many notable scientists, including Albert Einstein, believed black holes were merely theoretical. However, in the last century, astronomers have gathered a good deal of observational evidence for the existence of black holes.
Black Hole Eats Stripped Star
A closely-watched flare from a gargantuan black hole in a distant galaxy has revealed to astronomers not only the mass of the black hole that ate the snack but the type of star that met its end as the meal.
