COSMOS MAGAZINE
#1: Scientists take even crisper images of black holes
Credit: EHT, D. Pesce, A. Chael.
Side-by-side simulated images of M87* show the improvement in clarity and resolution from 230 GHz to 345 GHz. These improvements are allowing scientists to measure the size and shape of black holes more precisely. Credit: EHT, D. Pesce, A. Chael.
#2: Black hole “starving” galaxy to death
Pablo’s galaxy. Credit: Francesco D’Eugenio.
#3: Black holes are getting caught in “traffic jams”
Artist illustration of thick ring of dust around supermassive black hole. Credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook.
#4: Largest stellar black hole in the Milky Way discovered
Image: Artist's impression of BH3 and its companion star. Credit:i ESO/L. Calçada.
#5: First black hole triple system discovered
An artist’s rendition of the black hole X-ray binary V404 Cygni. Credit: Jorge Lugo.
A black hole was discovered with two orbiting stars for the first time. One star orbits the black hole, V404 Cygni, every 6.5 days. The other orbits at a significantly greater distance and makes the same trip every 70,000 years.