Black Holes
Possible Bright Supernova Lights Up Spiral Galaxy M61
I sat straight up in my seat when I learned of the discovery of a possible new supernova in the…
The Physics Behind “Interstellar’s” Visual Effects Was So Good, it Led to a Scientific Discovery
While he was working on the film Interstellar, executive producer Kip Thorne was tasked with creating the black hole that…
X-Ray Telescope Cracks Open Archives, Comes Up With Gassy Black Hole Gem
What a gem! This huge black hole in the middle of Hercules A is making gas around it super-heated to…
Hawking Radiation Replicated in a Laboratory?
Dr. Stephen Hawking delivered a disturbing theory in 1974 that claimed black holes evaporate. He said black holes are not…
Old Equations Shed New Light on Quasars
There's nothing more out of this world than quasi-stellar objects or more simply - quasars. These are the most powerful and among…
How to Turn Your Phone Into A Cosmic Ray Detector
Quick, do you have an Android phone in your pocket? A few small changes and you could help physicists probe…
There Are No Such Things As Black Holes
That's the conclusion reached by one researcher from the University of North Carolina: black holes can't exist in our Universe --…
Surprise! Tiny Galaxy Sports A Huge Black Hole, And There Could Be More Like It
In a finding that could turn supermassive black hole formation theories upside-down, astronomers have spotted one of these beasts inside…
Feel The Beat: Black Hole’s Pulse Reveals Its Mysterious Size
There's a bit of a mystery buried in the heart of the Cigar Galaxy, known more formally as M82 or…
How did Supermassive Black Holes Grow so Massive so Quickly?
Black holes one billion times the Sun’s mass or more lie at the heart of many galaxies, driving their evolution.…