Since the first observation of black hole mergers by the LIGO Laser Interferometer’s Gravitational Wave Observatory in 2015, astronomers have been repeatedly surprised by their…
They manage, for the first time, to observe light ‘behind’ a black hole
While observing the powerful X-ray emissions launched into space by the supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy 800 million light-years away, Stanford…
Scientists detect a ‘tsunami’ of gravitational waves
Two black holes merge to become one. Credit: NASA A team of international scientists, including researchers from The Australian National University (ANU), have unveiled the…
Discover a hidden black hole in our neighboring galaxy.
The astronomers found it using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile and observed how the black hole’s gravity affects the…
State-of-the-art energetic and morphological modelling of the launching site of the M87 jet
The supermassive black hole in the galaxy M87 is surrounded by an accretion disk (red in this computer simulation) and launches jets (blue) circled by…
Einstein’s Equivalence Principle verified for the first time in quasars
Credit: NASA, ESA and J. Olmsted (STScI) Scientists from the University of Granada and the Instituto de Astrophysical de Canarias have been able to measure…
Quantum gravity would be hidden in black holes
Astronomers in the UK have discovered that black holes can become the gateway to quantum gravity, considered the holy grail of New Physics. They have…
Strange radio waves emerge from direction of the galactic centre / sydney. edu. au/
A signal from deep in the Milky Way is tantalising scientists International student Ziteng Wang detected unusual signals from deep in the heart of the…
How the largest black holes in the universe arose
In the middle of the path that separates the small constellations of Delphinus the Dolphin and the hind hoof of Pegasus the flying horse, an…
The 10 questions we ask ourselves about black holes
1-How would you explain to a neophyte in physics what black holes consist of? -Black holes are places where you can enter, but from which…