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Black Hole Week was established in 2019 because black holes capture the public’s imagination in a way that few other cosmic objects do. By taking a whole week, we have the opportunity to go into more depth on social media than we can with just a single post or in a single day. The timing jumped around for the first couple of years, but we have now settled on the first full week of May.

A red circle encompasses a galaxy in a snapshot of an all-sky survey.

Black Hole Week 2025

May 5-9

Black Hole Week 2024

May 6-10

Black Hole Week 2023

Black Hole Week 2023

May 1-5

Black Hole Week 2022

Black Hole Week 2022

May 2-6

Black Hole Week 2021

Black Hole Week 2021

April 12- 16

Black Hole Week 2019

Black Hole Week 2019

Sept. 23- 27

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