This is exciting. If everything goes well, we may get the first-ever photo of a black hole really soon. A large number of astronomers are getting ready to achieve this feat using a global network of telescopes: More »
Back in late March, NASA’s Swift satellite detected a strange and unusual energy explosion in the constellation Draco. NASA now knows what it was: “the awakening of a distant galaxy’s dormant black hole as it shredded and consumed a star.” More »
Sometimes I’m dissatisfied with this little spinning puffball we’re stuck on, but then I see that there’s a supermassive black hole out there with a mass of two of our suns, powering an unfathomably large quasar. Luckily, it’s very, very distant. More »
Noted astrophysicist and all-around likeable nerd Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson explains in this video the effects of a black hole on the human body. Spoiler: You would die a horrible death, but the cause is hilariously named. More »
