#supermassive black hole

Subaru Telescope essential in discovery of extragalactic star

“The Milky Way is not only made up of stars that were born there,” said Shogo Nishiyama, associate professor at Miyagi University of Education in Japan. “Stars of various origins come together to form one beautiful galaxy. There may be stars born outside the Milky Way galaxy near our solar system, and there may be planets there as well.”

Hubble Telescope and Hawaiʻi observatory spot possible runaway black hole

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi have spotted a strange streak of baby stars and shocked gas measuring 200,000 light-years long – possibly the trail left behind by a fleeing black hole. If this candidate runaway black hole is confirmed, it’ll be the first evidence of a supermassive black hole kicked out of its home galaxy, proving a prediction made 50 years ago, according to astronomers.

Hawaiʻi telescope helps reveal first image of Black Hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy

The Submillimeter Array on the summit of Maunakea was one of eight telescopes around the world to image the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

Discovery by Hilo Alum Puts Einstein’s Theory to Test

The discovery paves the way for a big gravity test that could either prove Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity right or defy our current laws of physics.