Black hole ‘burp’ mystery cracked
Tidal disruption event close up. Credit: Science Communication Lab. Astrophysicists have uncovered a universal rule behind one of the most powerful behaviours in the Universe: when black holes launch jets. An early-career Western Australian astrophysicist has...
JWST’s ‘Little Red Dots’ explained
Visualisation of the simulation by ATERUI III showing a rapidly growing black hole surrounded by gas. Red indicates areas of higher temperature. Credit: Sunmyon Chon, Takaaki Takeda, 4D2U Project, NAOJ. The Japanese supercomputer ATERUI III has explained the James...
Vanishing star turns directly into a black hole
An illustration of a star that collapsed, forming a black hole. The black hole is at the centre, unseen. Surrounding it is a dust shell moving away from the black hole and gas being pulled toward it. Credit: Keith Miller, Caltech/ IPAC – SELab. A team of astronomers...