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Black holes

October 2020

  • Scientists revealed the first image ever made of a black hole after assembling data gathered by a network of radio telescopes around the world. Photograph: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration/Maunakea Observatories via AP

    Science Weekly
    Journey into a black hole: part 2 – podcast

    Madeleine Finlay takes Science Weekly on a trip to discover what it would be like to fall into a supermassive black hole
  • Tthe central parts of our galaxy, the Milky Way, as observed in the near-infrared. Photograph: AFP Photo/European Southern Observatory

    Science Weekly
    Journey into a black hole: part 1 – podcast

    Madeleine Finlay takes Science Weekly on a trip to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy
  • Roger Penrose 1980

    Soup and wine with Roger Penrose, master of gravity, light and infinity

    In an extract from his new book, a colleague recalls a meal with the mathematician who shared the 2020 Nobel prize in physics

June 2020

  • An artist’s conception of a distant Planet X.

    Beyond Pluto: the hunt for our solar system's new ninth planet

  • An artist’s impression of a supermassive black hole

    Black holes may merge with light of a trillion suns, scientists say

May 2020

  • An artist’s impression of the orbits of the objects in the HR 6819 triple system

    Black hole found 1,000 light years from Earth

    Object found in HR 6819 system is the closest to Earth yet known – and is unusually dark

April 2020

  • The image shows the black hole jet.

    Scientists capture image of black hole emitting high-energy jets

    Detailed image taken by Event Horizon Telescope of black hole 5bn light years away

February 2020

  • Image showing what scientists have observed as the biggest explosion in the universe, occurring in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster.

    Biggest cosmic explosion ever detected left huge dent in space

    Eruption in black hole 390m light years away punched cavity the size of 15 Milky Ways

January 2020

  • Milky Way seen from Sycamore Gap at Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland

    'Giant, shape-shifting stars' spotted near Milky Way's black hole

    Objects raise hopes of scientists managing to track ‘blobs’ being swallowed by black hole

December 2019

  • SPACE-US-MILKY WAY<br>This NASA image released on October 9, 2019 shows the center of our Milky Way galaxy,as the Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared cameras penetrate much of the dust, revealing the stars of the crowded galactic center region. - The center of our galaxy is a crowded place: A black hole weighing 4 million times as much as our Sun is surrounded by millions of stars whipping around it at breakneck speeds. This extreme environment is bathed in intense ultraviolet light and X-ray radiation. Yet much of this activity is hidden from our view, obscured by vast swaths of interstellar dust. (Photo by HO / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA,JPL-CALTECH/SUSAN STOLOVY(SSC/CALTECH)" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HO/NASA/AFP via Getty Images)

    Science Weekly
    A year of science reporting – Science Weekly podcast

    For the final science weekly of 2019 the Guardian’s Science team – Hannah Devlin, Ian Sample and Nicola Davis – talk through their top stories of the year including black holes, rebooted brains and seagulls

November 2019

  • An artist’s rendering of a gamma ray burst with a massive star collapsing.

    Big star energy: record-breaking explosion recorded

    Astronomers note record-breaking observation of highest energy ever measured from gamma ray bursts

September 2019

  • An artist’s impression of the Milky Way galaxy.

    Black hole at centre of galaxy is getting hungrier, say scientists

  • First image of a black hole

    Scientists behind first image of black hole awarded $3m prize

May 2019

  • An artist’s illustration of two colliding neutron stars.

    Black hole may have swallowed neutron star, say astronomers

    Scientists analyse whether gravitational wave detectors picked up signs of collision

April 2019

  • This false-color image released Wednesday, April 10, 2019 by the Event Horizon Telescope shows a black hole at the center of the Messier 87 galaxy. Scientists revealed the first image ever made of the mysterious stellar phenomenon after assembling data gathered by a network of radio telescopes around the Earth. It is located about 53 million light years away. (Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration/Maunakea Observatories via AP)

    Science Weekly
    Black holes: seeing 'the unseeable' – Science Weekly podcast

  • Katie Bouman Postdoctoral fellow for EHT PhD, MIT 2017

    The misogynist trolls attacking Katie Bouman are the tip of the trashpile

    Jill Filipovic
  • The image of a black hole captured by the Event Horizon Telescope

    Powehi provides a lesson to us all

  • Tim Adams

    How our capacity for wonder was challenged by the black hole image

    Tim Adams

  • The five
    The first black hole image: what can we really see?

  • The Guardian view on the first picture of a black hole: seeing is believing

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