Hidden Black Holes Solve Milky Way Mystery. Story by Jess Thomson • 2mo. A long-standing mystery about a strange cluster of stars in our galaxy may have finally been solved by scientists.

A new generation of black hole research is unfolding thanks to artificial intelligence, massive simulations, and cutting-edge ...

A new quantum recipe for black holes could be the first step toward a theory of "quantum gravity", the "holy grail" of ...

The colossal black hole lurking at the center of the Milky Way galaxy is spinning almost as fast as its maximum rotation rate.

The scientists who precisely measure the position of Earth are in a bit of trouble. Their measurements are essential for the ...

What the researchers discovered is that the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole is spinning somewhere between .84 and .96, close to the top limit that our current model of black holes allows for.

A high-speed crash between two dwarf galaxies might explain a unique feature in space – and provide useful information on ...

Hidden Black Holes Solve Milky Way Mystery. Published Dec 11, 2024 at 11:12 AM EST. By . Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK.

Supermassive black hole mergers occur when entire galaxies merge together. Bumps and kinks in the Milky Way's disk indicate it likely collided with at least a dozen galaxies during the past 12 ...