Black Holes
A Star’s Dying Scream May Be a Beacon for Physics
When a star suffered an untimely demise at the hands of a hidden black hole, astronomers detected its doleful, ululating…
Take a Flight Through Our Universe, Thanks to New 3-D Map of the Sky
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) has released the largest three-dimensional map of massive galaxies and distant black holes…
Data from Black Hole’s Edge Provides New Test of Relativity
From a NASA press release: Last year, astronomers discovered a quiescent black hole in a distant galaxy that erupted after…
First Light Image for NuSTAR
Here is the first image taken by the newest space mission, NuSTAR, or the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, the first…
Gas Cloud Will Collide with our Galaxy’s Black Hole in 2013
Scientists have determined a giant gas cloud is on a collision course with the black hole in the center of…
Early Black Holes were Grazers Rather than Glutonous Eaters
Black holes powering distant quasars in the early Universe grazed on patches of gas or passing galaxies rather than glutting…
Black Hole Hunter Drops from a Plane, Zooms to Orbit
[/caption] The newest mission to hunt for black holes soared to orbit today after first dropping from an aircraft. NASA's…
Black Hole Growth Out of Whack in Some Galaxies
[/caption] From a Chandra press release: New evidence from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory challenges prevailing ideas about how black holes…
Spitzer Captures Ancient Fireworks of First Objects in the Universe
[/caption] The Spitzer Space Telescope has looked back in time to see what scientists called the “faint, lumpy glow” given…
Are Rogue Black Holes Wandering the Universe?
Talk about a tough neighborhood! Even black holes aren’t welcome in galaxy CID-42, located about 4 billion light-years away from…