Hubble Captures Rogue Black Hole ‘Eating’ a Star
Astronomers have captured a supermassive black hole tearing a star apart -- and doing so far from where the mysterious celestial objects are typically found. [Read More] petapixel.com »
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‘Ravenous’ Supermassive Black Hole is Captured Belching Out ‘Food’ Into the Universe
12 million light-years from Earth, a hungry supermassive black hole is messily eating space matter and spitting it back out again into the Universe. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-4-7 17:00
‘Extreme Sprocket Hole Photography’ Uses Four Film Rolls to Create One Picture
An experimental photographer customized a 100-year-old 360-degree camera so it can shoot four rolls of film at the same time to create one cohesive picture. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2025-2-28 16:26
There’s a Large Hole in the Wheel of NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover
Twelve years of rolling around on Mars has apparently taken its toll on NASA's Curiosity rover after photographs showed a large hole in the middle of one of its wheels. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-10-4 18:06
This is the Most Distant Black Hole Merger Ever Photographed
An international team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detected the most distant black hole merger ever observed. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-5-17 17:21
My Bizarre Evening Down the R1 Rabbit Hole
Rabbit's CEO was 30 minutes late to his session with the media because he had to finish his synth DJ set.
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Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way Has Beautiful Magnetic Spirals
Astronomers using the groundbreaking Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have captured the first view of the magnetic fields surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). petapixel.com »
2024-3-27 18:11
Earth-Sized Virtual Telescope Reveals Nearby Black Hole’s Energy Outflows
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration and scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Germany used an Earth-sized radio telescope array to observe the jet base of an evolving plasma jet outflow from a supermassive black hole at an unprecedented angular resolution. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-2-6 00:28
This is the Sharpest Black Hole Image Yet
In a research paper published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics, scientists have released the sharpest image ever of a black hole. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2024-1-19 21:16
Scientists Discover the Most Distant Black Hole Ever Seen in X-rays
By combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the most distant black hole ever detected in X-rays. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-11-7 02:25
First Black Hole Ever Photographed is Spinning, Scientists Confirm
Analyzing more than two decades of observational data collected by more than 20 telescopes, an international team of scientists says that the black hole at the center of the nearby M87 galaxy is spinning. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-9-29 00:55
Scientists Use AI to Enhance First-Ever Photo of Black Hole
A team of researchers has developed a machine-learning technique to give the first-ever image of a supermassive black hole a new, sharper look. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-4-15 23:52
OnePlus 11 5G Sports a Big ‘Black Hole’ Styled Hasselblad Camera Bump
The OnePlus 11 5G has been announced for release in China and features a large, "black hole" styled camera bump that features Hasselblad's mobile imaging system that can imitate the bokeh effects of the company's 30mm and 65mm XCD lenses. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2023-1-5 19:17
Photographer Builds African Watering Hole to Capture Amazing Photos
Photographer Will Burrard-Lucas built a waterhole in Kenya's Southern Rift Valley and captured a series of stunning wildlife photos. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-10-25 16:44
Powerful Gamma-Ray Burst Fired From a Black Hole Captured by Telescopes
The most powerful gamma-ray burst ever observed that released 18 teraelectronvolts of energy has been captured by orbiting telescopes. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-10-21 16:50
NASA Photographs Huge Rings of Light Surrounding a Black Hole
A spectacular photo of a huge set of rings surrounding a black hole has been captured by the NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-7-26 20:21
Scientists Capture Fastest Growing Black Hole in the Universe
An international team of researchers believe they have discovered the fastest-growing black hole of the past nine billion years. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-6-17 19:07
Hubble determines the mass of an isolated black hole speeding around the Milky Way Galaxy
Illustration Credit: FECYT, IAC Astronomers believe there could be as many as 100 million black holes among the stars in the Milky Way galaxy alone. Despite the many theorized black holes, it's been a struggle for scientists to identify an isolated black hole. dpreview.com »
2022-6-13 16:35
Astronomers reveal first photo of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way
Image credit: EHT Collaboration In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) team revealed the first photograph of a black hole. That black hole is located at the center of Messier 87 (M87) galaxy and is 55 million light-years from Earth. dpreview.com »
2022-5-13 22:46
Astronomers Capture First Image of Black Hole at Center of the Milky Way
Astronomers have unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. It was theorized there was a black hole at the center of the galaxy but this image provides overwhelming evidence that this is the case. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-5-13 17:28
Hubble Photographs a Galaxy with a Supermassive Black Hole Core
In a new photo captured by Hubble, what appears to be a calm spiral galaxy belies the supermassive black hole at its nucleus. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-4-3 22:11
NASA observes a black hole in a dwarf galaxy that is fueling star formation
NASA has announced that it has observed a black hole at the center of dwarf galaxy Henize 2-10 that defies expectations. Thanks to detailed evidence from the Hubble Space Telescope's imaging and spectroscopy instruments, scientists can see that the black hole is 'creating stars rather than gobbling them up. dpreview.com »
2022-1-21 18:44
Hubble Captures a Black Hole That is Forming Stars, Not Absorbing Them
The Hubble Space Telescope has observed a black hole at the center of a dwarf galaxy that is not acting like the destructive monsters they are often portrayed as. Instead, this black hole is creating stars rather than absorbing them. [Read More] petapixel.com »
2022-1-20 23:25
Astrophysicists Capture Light From Behind a Black Hole for the First Time
Astrophysicists have successfully observed light coming from behind a black hole. this observation is the first of its kind and proves Albert Einstein’s theory that huge objects can warp space since no light can pass through a black hole and come out the other side. petapixel.com »
2021-8-5 22:40
One Hole at the US Open Will Have 88 Cameras for ‘Bullet-Time’ Replays
The 2021 US Open golf championship kicks off today, and if you pay attention to the broadcast, you may notice a neat new camera technology that has been deployed. This year, the sixth hole at Torrey Pines features an array of 88 cameras to capture the players’ swings in Matrix-style “bullet time.” Golf Digest reports […] petapixel.com »
2021-6-18 21:10
Incredible new image shows the magnetic fields at the edge of the M87 black hole
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has published a new view of the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy. The EHT published the first-ever image of a black hole in 2019. This time, the image shows the black hole in polarized light, which shows the magnetic field surrounding the black hole. dpreview.com »
2021-3-27 22:46
New Stunning Image of the M87 Black Hole Shows its Magnetic Fields
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which was responsible for producing the first-ever image of a black hole in 2019, has today revealed a new polarized view of the M87 black hole that reveals the structure of its magnetic fields, key in explaining how it is able to launch energetic jets from its core. Since releasing […] petapixel.com »
2021-3-25 00:17
This ‘Hole in the Clouds’ Photo Looks Like a Glitch in the Matrix
Kentaro Fukuchi was walking on a sidewalk in Japan on Monday when he captured this mind-bending photo that looks like a Photoshop job or some kind of glitch in the Matrix. The building’s mirror-like surface was reflecting the blue skies behind Fukuchi, creating what looked like a geometric hole in the cloud cover. In case […] petapixel.com »
2021-2-19 19:37
Video: Zooming to the heart of Messier 87's supermassive black hole
In April 2019, the National Science Foundation (NSF) unveiled the resulting image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project, the world's first ever photograph of a supermassive black hole. dpreview.com »
2020-7-14 01:57
Zooming Video Shows How Impressive the First Black Hole Photo Was
In 2019, researchers made international headlines by releasing the world’s first photo of a black hole. Here’s a 1-minute video that zooms from the night sky into that black hole image to show how impressive the achievement was. petapixel.com »
2020-7-11 18:07
Scientists: ‘Photon Ring’ Stacking Will Create Ultra-Sharp Black Hole Photos
The world’s first photo of black hole was published back in April 2019, and scientists have been laboring to find ways to capture sharper images of the mysterious regions of spacetime. Scientists are now saying that focusing on a black hole’s “photon ring” may lead to a huge increase in sharpness. In a new paper […] petapixel.com »
2020-3-22 20:47
Scientists Who Took the First Picture of a Black Hole Awarded with $3M Prize
The world’s first photo of a black hole, revealed this past April, was the result of years of collaboration between 347 astronomers from around the world. Today, those astronomers get to figure out how to split $3,000,000 in prize money for their hard work. petapixel.com »
2019-9-7 20:10
500px Owner Slammed for Claiming Copyright to Black Hole Image
Visual China Group, the “Getty Images of China” and owner of 500px, has sparked an outcry after it attempted to claim copyright to the first-ever black hole picture that became a worldwide sensation this week. petapixel.com »
2019-4-13 19:24
How to Take a Picture of a Black Hole
The first-ever picture of a black hole was unveiled yesterday, generating a huge amount of interest and excitement across the world. But how exactly was this picture captured? Well, it definitely wasn’t as simple as “pointing and clicking” a giant camera. petapixel.com »
2019-4-12 18:31
This is the first ever photograph of a black hole
Credit: Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration Editor's note: It appears the National Science Foundation has taken down the link to the full-resolution image and replaced it with a JPG image for the time being, likely due to the ridiculous bandwidth required to load a 183. dpreview.com »
2019-4-10 17:02
This is the World’s First Photo of a Black Hole
This is the first photo ever captured of a black hole. It was revealed today after years of international collaboration between over 200 international astronomers. At a coordinated press conference across the globe, researchers at the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) announced that their efforts in using a planet-scale array of eight ground-based telescopes succeeded in […] petapixel.com »
2019-4-10 16:33
European officials expected to announce first image of black hole on April 10
European officials are expected to announce the first ever image of a black hole at a press event scheduled for 15:00 CEST on April 10. The conference will be held by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project, European Commission, and European Research Council, according to an announcement by the European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO), and it will involve the presentation of 'a groundbreaking result from the EHT. dpreview.com »
2019-4-4 20:45
Jackson Hole Travel and Tourism Board is asking visitors to stop geotagging photos
In Wyoming, United States, the Jackson Hole Travel and Tourism Board has launched a campaign imploring visitors to stop the use of geolocation tags when sharing photos of their outdoor adventures online. dpreview.com »
2018-12-8 00:21
Jackson Hole: Stop Tagging Locations
There has been much discussion in recent days of how location tagging in social media is harming natural landmarks around the world. And now even authorities are taking a stand: the Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board in Wyoming has launched a new campaign against location tags. With the rise of social media, previously quiet […] petapixel.com »
2018-12-1 21:20
Zoom Into the Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way
Scientists just further confirmed what has long been believed: that there’s a supermassive black hole scientists named Sagittarius A* at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. This mind-blowing 1. petapixel.com »
2018-11-3 21:32
This Mint Contax G2 Set is Poised to Burn a Hole Through Your Pocket
Our latest ebay find is a beauty that's difficult to ignore, if not for the possible hole it will burn through our pockets! But if you have some $5,500 to spare, this Contax G2 in sleek black, along with three lenses and a flash, would make an impressive addition to your analog arsenal. thephoblographer.com »
2018-5-16 10:00
Countering Stryker’s Punch: Filling the Black Hole with Photoshop and GIMP
The visual record left behind by the United States Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographers has, according to New York Times critic Charles Hagen, come to “represent one of the most ambitious attempts ever made to depict a society in photographs (Hagen, 1985). petapixel.com »
2017-7-31 18:09