Scientists Catch Star And Possible Black Hole In A Rapid, Dangerous Dance The white dwarf is whizzing around what researchers think is a black hole at an extraordinary speed — at least twice an hour. It is believed to be a star's closest known orbit to a black hole.

Dormant black hole, in a word, is gargantuan The Hubble Space Telescope has given scientists their sharpest-ever look at a known galaxy containing an enormous black hole.

Event Horizon Telescope Prepares To Take First Black Hole Picture Next year, astronomers will attempt something that has never been done before. They will try to photograph a black hole, but not just any black hole: Sagittarius A* – the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun Music video by Soundgarden performing Black Hole Sun. (C) 1994 A&M Records

Oddly huge black hole baffles scientists The oversized black hole could signal the discovery of a 'new class of galaxies.'

Milky Way's Black Hole Is Unusually "Chatty" In the center of the Milky Way lies a galactic monster: a supermassive black hole weighing in at 4 million times the mass of the Sun. As gas swirls around the black hole, it heats up and X-ray flares are emitted. While usually quiet – which is blac Read more ... k hole speak for minimal flare activity – a trio of…

Week's Best Space Pictures: Pluto In Focus, Black Hole Jets Witness the results of 9.5 years of waiting-and what happens when a black hole throws a tantrum.

Colossal Black Hole Has Astronomers Baffled Astronomers have discovered a truly colossal black hole. It's 12 billion times as massive as our sun and about 3,000 times the size of the black hole at the cent...

Colossal Black Hole Has Astronomers Baffled Astronomers have discovered a truly colossal black hole. It's 12 billion times as massive as our sun and about 3,000 times the size of the black hole at the cent...

Monster black hole is 12 billion times more massive than the sun What baffles scientists isn't the black hole's size but that it exists at all.