Black Holes - videos

Suppermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy (illustration)

A new visualization from NASA shows space matter trapped in hypnotic dance around black hole.

Unusual Black Hole Merges with Another, an event revealed by gravitational waves.

A simulated black hole and its accretion disk following a path that is perpendicular to the disk (NASA)

Here's the First Image of the Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way!

This picture provides overwhelming evidence that the object is indeed a black hole and provides valuable insights into the workings of such giants, which are believed to reside at the center of most galaxies. The image was created by a global research team called the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, using observations from a worldwide network of radio telescopes. It represents a long-anticipated look at the massive object that sits at the very centre of our galaxy. Scientists had previously observed stars orbiting around an invisible, compact, and extremely massive entity located at the center of the Milky Way. This strongly suggests that the object referred to as Sagittarius A* is a black hole, and today's image provides the initial direct visual evidence of this.