black hole

by Chris Shallue figures by Fiona Qu There’s an equation engraved on Stephen Hawking’s gravestone in Westminster Abbey: This unassuming equation, discovered by Hawking in 1975, has extraordinary implications. It suggests that black holes,…

International team of astronomers discover the first nearby medium-mass black hole, a clue to how supermassive black holes form.

How do you introduce yourself, scientifically? My name is David Kolchmeyer and I am a theoretical physicist. I’m interested in quantum gravity, which is a theory of gravity that obeys the rules of quantum mechanics. Quantum mechanics is…

Black holes are super dense objects that hypothetically exist in our universe. They have a gravitational pull so strong that any object that gets close enough falls in and can’t escape, including light. These objects often have a mass tens to millions of…

Black holes are fascinating objects to study because we can use them to learn more about about astronomy, cosmology, and gravity. Black holes are super-massive and super-dense objects in the universe. Because of these properties, they produce strong…