Black holes

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

New analysis of black hole reveals a wobbling shadow Black Hole

New analysis of black hole reveals a wobbling shadow

UChicago scientists help capture first image of a black hole First image of supermassive black hole

UChicago scientists help capture first image of a black hole

Virtual Earth-sized telescope aims to capture first image of a black hole Rendering of Sagittarius A

Virtual Earth-sized telescope aims to capture first image of a black hole

Colliding Black Holes Tell New Story of Stars

Colliding Black Holes Tell New Story of Stars


Simulations foresee hordes of colliding black holes in observatory’s future

Simulations foresee hordes of colliding black holes in observatory’s future

Gravitational waves detected from second pair of colliding black holes Image of the merger of two black holes and the gravitational waves that ripple outward as the black holes spiral toward each other

Gravitational waves detected from second pair of colliding black holes