Black Holes
NASA Detects Most Powerful X-ray Blast Ever from Milky Way's Black Hole
Ana Verayo | | Jan 08, 2015 09:45 AM EST |
NASA's Chandra X-ray Telescope picked up this extreme release of energy.
Southampton Astrophysicists Discover Supermassive Black Hole Called 'Eye of Sauron'; NASA Observes Black Hole Friday
Vittorio Hernandez | | Nov 29, 2014 06:14 AM EST |
Black holes took the center stage on Black Friday as astrophysicists from the University of Southampton unveil a discovery about this phenomenon, while the NASA share more information about black holes through photos and even jokes.
'Eye of Sauron' Helps in Accurately Measuring Galactic Distances
Ana Verayo | | Nov 27, 2014 07:36 AM EST |
NGC4151 is also pivotal in the acquisition of accurate measurements of black hole masses.
Wormholes Probably Exist, but can Humans Travel Through Them?
Ana Verayo | | Nov 26, 2014 07:23 AM EST |
Princeton University physicist John Wheeler coined the term wormhole in the 1960s.
Inexplicable Alignment of Black Holes Reveal Big Hole in the Big Bang
Ana Verayo | | Nov 22, 2014 04:41 AM EST |
The probability these alignments are simply the result of chance is less than 1%.
Advanced Detectors May Help Discover Hundreds of Black Holes and Their Secrets
Marco Foronda | | Nov 17, 2014 03:41 AM EST |
Detectors will pick-up the gravitational waves created by the collision of black holes millions of years ago.
Scientists Identify Mysterious Object at the Milky Way's Center
Ana Verayo | | Nov 04, 2014 09:16 AM EST |
This object known as G2 was long believed to be a hydrogen gas cloud.
How the Movie, Interstellar, Made Black Hole Models More Realistic
Dino Lirios | | Oct 24, 2014 07:23 AM EDT |
The visual effects team on the film took all the well-researched data and came up with a realistic depiction of what a black hole would look like.
Big Black Holes Hinder New Stars from Forming in Old Galaxies
Kizha T. Trovillas | | Oct 24, 2014 01:24 AM EDT |
Supermassive black holes can interfere with the formation of young stars by emitting vast quantities of particles in the aging galaxies.
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