Caption An animation showing the Cygnus X-1 system, consisting of a black hole in orbit with a giant star. Recent observations by radio telescopes have found the system is 20 per cent further away ...

What Was the First Black Hole Ever Discovered? The first accepted black hole was Cygnus X-1. Discovered during a 1971 rocket flight, Cygnus X-1 is one of the strongest X-ray sources detectable ...

Hubble’s image of Markarian 231 reveals the nearest quasar to Earth, 600 million light-years away, with two supermassive black holes. Hubble’s image shows a spiral galaxy passing through NGC 1275, ...

22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cygnus Metals Limited (ASX ... with the first hole returning assays of up to 2.5m @ 9.1% Copper.