The smaller, intermediate mass black hole was likely derived from the Sausage Galaxy, which collided with the Milky Way 10 billion years ago.

Could black holes be unexpected contributors to the emergence of life in the universe? A recent study suggests that their intense radiation might actually protect nearby planets. This discovery ...

For life to thrive, it most likely needs a planet with a habitable ecosystem, and clouds of hot gas saturated with X-rays don’t contain such planets. So, astronomers can instead look for galaxies ...

Unusual signals called quasi periodic eruptions appear to come from black holes, but we don't know what creates them. Now ...

It could point out environments with the right kind of black holes to produce the greatest number of planets without spraying them with X-rays. Life in such environments could emerge to its full ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (purple) and infrared data from NASA's James ...

Physicists have built the first ever black hole bomb, a long-theorised phenomenon where energy is boosted by a black hole and trapped by surrounding mirrors until an explosion occurs. Thankfully ...

It could point out environments with the right kind of black holes to produce the greatest number of planets without spraying them with X-rays. Life in such environments could emerge to its full ...