Hypothetically, how would you build a black hole?
Crack That Whip
The jets of a black hole can shake like a whip due to magnetic fields interacting with the plasma of the jet.
Five by Five
Many supermassive black holes are surrounded by gas and dust, and so aren’t easily observed. But new observations from NuSTAR has peered through the dust in five galaxies.
It’s Just That Simple
The no hair theorem for black holes is found to apply even when they are surrounded by matter.
Spin Flip
As two black holes are close to merging, their spins do a gravitational dance that cause them to change direction.
Peribothron
A young star known as G2 has made its closest approach to the supermassive black hole in our galaxy. This has given rise to a term known as peribothron.
That’s a Big Twinkie
We’ve discovered a 12 billion solar mass black hole that formed when the universe was only 900 million years old. We’re not entirely sure how it formed.
Pointed Debate
There is still much debate about black hole singularities, even though it’s pretty clear black holes exist.
Little Bang
In the center of our galaxy there is a supermassive black hole known as Sgr A*. Through observations of stars orbiting the black hole, we know it has a mass of about 4 million Suns. Normally this black hole is pretty quiet, but in 2013 there was an unexpected x-ray burst.