Black holes

Scientists may have found the spot where our supermassive black hole “vents” Colorful altered-colored image view of space with a bright blob on one side labeled as the black hole and a second, smaller blue blur on the right side labeled "vent"

Scientists may have found the spot where our supermassive black hole “vents”

Black hole collisions could help us measure how fast the universe is expanding Artist's rendition of colliding black holes

Black hole collisions could help us measure how fast the universe is expanding

The quest to take a picture of the black hole at the center of our own galaxy Milky Way

The quest to take a picture of the black hole at the center of our own galaxy

Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy Bright ring surrounding a dark spot

Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy

The quest to take a picture of the black hole at the center of our own galaxy

The quest to take a picture of the black hole at the center of our own galaxy

Black holes have tantrums, and scientists have finally captured the resulting gamma rays An artist’s conception of a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy that is spewing out jets as well as via ultra-fast outflows of ionized gas.

Black holes have tantrums, and scientists have finally captured the resulting gamma rays

Event Horizon Telescope takes pioneering image of massive jet spewing from black hole image of Centaurus A galaxy and a box zoomed in to show the faint image taken by the EHT of a jet coming from the center

Event Horizon Telescope takes pioneering image of massive jet spewing from black hole

Could dark matter be behind mysterious, supermassive black holes in the early universe? Illustration of a black hole with wind flowing from center

Could dark matter be behind mysterious, supermassive black holes in the early universe?

What we’ll remember from 2020—at UChicago and beyond View from Rockefeller Chapel Tower with snow

What we’ll remember from 2020—at UChicago and beyond

Watch Nobel laureate Andrea Ghez explain how to prove a black hole exists Andrea Ghez

Watch Nobel laureate Andrea Ghez explain how to prove a black hole exists