Scottish ministers are facing a £1.5bn black hole before next week’s draft budget, as a combination of surging inflation and expensive public sector pay deals put extreme pressure on government spending. The independent Fraser of Allander Institute describes the situation facing the finance minister, Shona Robison, as “one of the […]
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Incredible pictures offer a glimpse into the “dawn of the universe” as astronomers have detected the oldest black hole ever found. Images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) show the black hole to be at the centre of a galaxy 440 million years after the Big Bang. First […]
The Milky Way is believed to be stealing stars from a neighbouring galaxy being steadily consumed by a supermassive black hole, scientists suspect. Researchers have proposed that the galaxy is stealing from its dwarf neighbour, Leo I, thought to be a Milky Way satellite. Leo I is 830,000 light years […]
The distant black hole is located in the UHZ-1 galaxy NASA/CXC/SAO; ESA/CSA/STScI Astronomers have found the most distant black hole ever confirmed, at more than 31 billion light years from Earth. This object and others like it could finally settle the question of how supermassive black holes got so enormous […]
An illustration of a black hole created after a supernova Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library/Alamy We may have witnessed a black hole or neutron star being born from a dying star, according to analysis of an unusual rhythmic supernova. When a star runs out of the fuel it needs for nuclear […]
After two decades of observations, a supermassive black hole at the center of a nearby galaxy was discovered spinning, bolstering Albert Einstein’s century-old theories of general relativity, an astrophysicist told Fox News. A black hole is a region in space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape, according to […]
A supermassive black hole has been found after more than 20 years of research – and scientists are on edge of strange activity. The black hole was found in a nearby galaxy, and scientists have said its discovery provides further support for Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. A black hole […]
The image of the black hole in the M87 galaxy produced in 2019 Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration The iconic first image of a black hole, released in 2019, might never have happened if not for a stroke of luck, according to one of the astronomers who helped create the image. […]