How We Discovered The Strange Physics Of Jets From Supermassive Black Holes
Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos, Durham University Supermassive black holes, which lurk at the heart of most galaxies, are often described as …
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Konstantinos N. Gourgouliatos, Durham University Supermassive black holes, which lurk at the heart of most galaxies, are often described as …
Holger Baumgardt, The University of Queensland and Michael Drinkwater, The University of Queensland So far, all black holes discovered by …
Encountering a black hole would be a frightening prospect for our planet. We know that these cosmic monsters ferociously devour …
Scientists have uncovered a rare relic from the early universe: the farthest known supermassive black hole. This matter-eating beast is …
A shooting black hole is a commonly used term for the scientific event known as a ‘black hole flare’. A …
Black holes are one of the most fascinating phenomena in space. They have a significant gravitational attraction and are extremely …
You have probably heard about a black hole, but what about a super massive black hole? Compared to a general …
Reported in the Astrophysical Journal, a new series of observations may change the way we think about black holes. Using …
Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has helped to pinpoint a supermassive black hole that is believed to be on …
The Event Horizon Telescope has just been switched on, and we’re about to get our first ever image of a …
Astrophysicists from the University of Birmingham have made significant progress in understanding a key mystery of gravitational wave astrophysics – …
Astronomers have found evidence for a star that whips around a black hole about twice an hour. This may be …
The Event Horizon Telescope is set to begin operations in April with the goal of producing the most detailed look …
A new type of black hole has been discovered in the Milky Way known as a middle weight blackhole. It’s …
A giant black hole ripped apart a star and then gorged on its remains for about a decade, according to …
W44 is a supernova remnant 10,000 light years from our planet. Created by an exploding star, this majestic nebula is …
Dark matter is a mysterious substance composing most of the material universe, now widely thought to be some form of …
Some 3.9 billion years ago in the heart of a distant galaxy, the intense tidal pull of a monster black …
The European Space Agency’s orbiting X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has proved the existence of a “gravitational vortex” around a black hole. …
Astronomers may have solved the mystery of the peculiar volatile behavior of a supermassive black hole at the center of …
NuSTAR has recently identified two gas-enshrouded massive black holes that are located at the center of nearby galaxies. NASA’s NuSTAR …
NASA has selected a science mission that will allow astronomers to explore, for the first time, the hidden details of …
Have you ever worried about being swallowed by a black hole, what about a mini blackhole? From the dawn of …
Researchers are always looking into space for new data and new research suggests the universe is full of super-massive black …
Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole weighing in at 17 billion suns in a sparsely populated area of the …
Research from a team at the University of Southampton have spotted red flashes coming from a black hole 7,800 light-years from Earth. …
New research suggests that five-dimensional black holes could break Einstein’s theory of general relativity. These 5D black holes don’t actually …
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reflects on the detection of space-time ripples and waves as observed from colliding black holes. In this …
NASA has recently spied a black-hole explosion from a galaxy far, far away. Seen above (and below) is the Pictor …
Professor Stephen Hawking has recently published a new theory that details how black holes are able to store information. The …
GRAVITY is a new instrument that has been designed to observe regions near black holes. It is nearly up and …
Nine radio telescopes have been positioned around the globe. They’re set to take the first ever picture of a black …
New research shows that black holes found at the center of galaxies may be as large as 50 billion suns. …
Commonly held belief and scientific proof holds true that black holes suck matter in rather than spewing them out. But …