Tag: Black holes

Not only do gravitational waves represent the ultimate confirmation of the theory of General Relativity, they will provide us with ...

Black holes have firmly moved from the status of theoretical curiosity to physical reality. We follow that transformation and the ...

The discovery of primordial black holes could answer a multitude of lingering questions such as the nature of dark matter, ...

Despite the global pandemic that has brought much of the world to a grinding halt, space scientists have continued to ...

Sir Roger Penrose has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for his work revolutionising our theories regarding black ...

This could solve the mystery of tidal disruption events or ‘spaghettification.’

Astronomers have discovered a tremendous cosmic web in the early Universe. Trapped within its threads, six galaxies feeding gas to ...

Supermassive black holes sat at the centre of active galaxies could have company. Binary pairs of these titanic cosmic objects ...

The flare was equivalent to the light from a trillion suns.

No real stars were hurt...

New research has uncovered the presence of at least thirteen ‘wandering’ black holes in dwarf galaxies. Something, that until recently ...

Black holes and neutron stars are the densest and most mysterious objects in the universe, and researchers may have figured ...

A new theory suggests that planets could form in dense dust and gas clouds surrounding supermassive black holes at the ...

In smaller galaxies, large-scale winds from active black holes could hinder the formation of stars.

Coming soon, to a telescope near you.

The same should happen six billion years from now when the Milky Way merges with Andromeda.

Supermassive black holes slowly eject cold gas.

A brief overview of some of the strangest objects in the cosmos.

We've been looking at some galaxies wrong all along.

Chances are you won't come across anything weirder than a black hole. Here's the proof...