Curious Kids is a series for kids of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why are there small and large black holes? Also, why are some black holes invisible while others have white outlines? – Sedra and Humaid, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Black… Read More »
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observed light from stars surrounding some of the universe’s ancient supermassive black holes; black holes appeared less than a billion years after the Big Bang. The observations, carried out by a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), address the question of how these cosmic giants at the… Read More »
The second image of the first black hole photographed by humanity shows that its shadow continues to exist for another year. The newly released image of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Messier 87 (M87) galaxy was captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) on April 21, 2018, one year and 10… Read More »
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.com. Why are there small and large black holes? Also, why are some black holes invisible while others have white outlines? – Sedra and Humaid, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Black… Read More »