Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 will be Black Moon nights. It happens when there are two new moons in the same calendar month. The next Black Moon to meet this definition won’t happen until August of 2027, ...
13, 2024 — Scientists using observations from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have discovered, for the first time, the signal from a pair of monster black holes disrupting a cloud of gas ...
Astronomers have uncovered an astonishing discovery: a massive cloud of water vapor orbiting a black hole that lies over 12 billion light years away. This cosmic structure around quasar APM 08279+5255 ...
They are cold and opaque to visible light, so much so that until quite recently the only way to see them was in silhouette against brighter background ... and coal-black cloud a mere half light ...