supermassive black holes

'Black Holes' Discovered Near The Earth; Black Holes Identified As "Supermassive"

By Carrie Winters - Jan 10, 2017 11:40 AM EST

Two supermassive "black holes" are found in galaxies near the Earth. These had been discovered with the use of NASA's space-based telescope the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array.

Video: Supermassive Black Holes Devour 'Cold Meals': Scientists

By R. Siva Kumar - Jun 10, 2016 10:38 AM EDT

For the first time, a huge black hole was found by researchers eating up cold gas.

Binary Black Holes Found Nearby Indicate Violent Mergers

By R. Siva Kumar - Aug 31, 2015 10:30 AM EDT

Scientists found black holes through NASA's Hubble Telescope.

Ginormous Black Holes Hidden In Dense Clouds: NASA

By Peter R - Jul 08, 2015 08:12 AM EDT

Discovery of five supermassive black holes recently has led astronomers to believe that there could be millions of them across the universe.

Five Black Holes Found, Millions Thought To Be Hidden

By R. Siva Kumar - Jul 08, 2015 08:10 AM EDT

British astronomers have hit upon five super black holes hidden under dust and gas layers.

Blinking Quasar Gives Away Merger of Two Supermassive Black Holes

By Peter R - Apr 21, 2015 03:26 PM EDT

A new study argues that a quasar emitting periodically indicates cyclic absorption of matter by merging black holes to form a binary black hole.

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