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…
CAPTURE IN HIGH DEFINITION “ARMS” OF ENERGY FROM A BLACK HOLE
The most detailed image of the heart of the Centaurus A galaxy and the energetic jets of matter that shoot out of the black hole…
Dark matter detector may have accidentally detected dark energy instead /newatlas. com/
Last year, physicists reported that an experimental dark matter detector picked up a strange signal that could hint at new physics, with several suspects highlighted. Now,…
Black hole triggers premature supernova explosion – first observation of a completely new type of supernova
Theorists have predicted the first observation of a completely new type of supernova, but it has not been confirmed before. In 2017, a bright and…