What are Gravitational Waves?
Not only do gravitational waves represent the ultimate confirmation of the theory of General Relativity, they will provide us with ...
Tag: Black holes
What are Black Holes: The Journey From Theory to Reality
Black holes have firmly moved from the status of theoretical curiosity to physical reality. We follow that transformation and the ...
Primordial black holes could hide a multiverse of possibilities
The discovery of primordial black holes could answer a multitude of lingering questions such as the nature of dark matter, ...
2020: A Year in Space
Despite the global pandemic that has brought much of the world to a grinding halt, space scientists have continued to ...
Singularity Minded: The Black Hole Science that Won a Nobel Prize
Sir Roger Penrose has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for his work revolutionising our theories regarding black ...
Death By Spaghettification! Astronomers Spot a Star Being Consumed by a Black Hole
This could solve the mystery of tidal disruption events or ‘spaghettification.’
‘Cosmic Web’ of a Supermassive Black Hole Ensnares Six Galaxies
Astronomers have discovered a tremendous cosmic web in the early Universe. Trapped within its threads, six galaxies feeding gas to ...
Double Trouble! Hunting for Supermassive Black Hole Mergers
Supermassive black holes sat at the centre of active galaxies could have company. Binary pairs of these titanic cosmic objects ...
Astronomers witness light produced by the merger of two black holes for first time
The flare was equivalent to the light from a trillion suns.
Astrophysicists destroy virtual stars to simulate the birth of black holes
No real stars were hurt...
Astrophysicists find more evidence of ‘wandering’ black holes
New research has uncovered the presence of at least thirteen ‘wandering’ black holes in dwarf galaxies. Something, that until recently ...
How Black Holes and Neutron Stars Shine
Black holes and neutron stars are the densest and most mysterious objects in the universe, and researchers may have figured ...
Planets could orbit Supermassive Black Holes
A new theory suggests that planets could form in dense dust and gas clouds surrounding supermassive black holes at the ...
Black Holes could stunt the growth of dwarf galaxies
In smaller galaxies, large-scale winds from active black holes could hinder the formation of stars.
Get ready for black hole videos, researchers say
Coming soon, to a telescope near you.
Supermassive black hole pairs imaged in merging galactic cores
The same should happen six billion years from now when the Milky Way merges with Andromeda.
Supermassive black holes eventually stop star formation
Supermassive black holes slowly eject cold gas.
Book review: ‘The Little Book of Black Holes’
A brief overview of some of the strangest objects in the cosmos.
Some galaxy types are brighter due to ‘hungrier’ black holes, and this could fundamentally change how we study galaxies
We've been looking at some galaxies wrong all along.
12 Physics-bending Facts about Black Holes
Chances are you won't come across anything weirder than a black hole. Here's the proof...
Black holes turn stars into spaghetti, devours them, then burp fire
If there's one thing that black holes do extremely well, it's drawing things to them and destroying them.
NASA pinpoints black holes that send out high-energy X-rays for first time ever
The findings help create a more comprehensive picture of supermassive black hole populations.
CERN experiment to test if we can connect to another dimension
In an experiment proposal that sounds more like an evil genius' plan than a reputable science endeavour, CERN's LHC atom ...