Black Holes
Hawking(ish) Radiation Observed
In 1974, Steven Hawking proposed a seemingly ridiculous hypothesis. Black holes, the gravitational monsters from which nothing escapes, evaporate. To…
The Black Hole/Globular Cluster Correlation
[/caption] Often in astronomy, one observable property traces another property which may be more difficult to observe directly; X-ray activity…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Galactic Gravity Lab
[/caption] Many an alternative theory of gravity has been dreamt up in the bath, while waiting for a bus -…
Colliding Galaxies Created the First Black Holes
[/caption] How were the Universe’s first supermassive black holes formed? A new model of the evolution of galaxies and black…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – The Universe Is Not In A Black Hole
[/caption] It has been reported that a recent scientific paper delivers the conclusion that our universe resides inside a black…
First Quasar Gravitational Lens Discovered (w/video)
[/caption] Gravitation lensing - a phenomenon that falls out of Einstein's theory of general relativity - has been observed numerous…
Powerhouse Black Hole Blows a Huge Bubble
[/caption] A relatively small black hole is producing tremendously powerful jets while creating a huge bubble of hot gas. Both…
Radio Observations Provide New Explanation for Hanny’s Voorwerp
[/caption] Is Hanny's Voorwerp the result of a "light echo" of a violent event that happened long ago or perhaps…
Retro Black Holes Are More Powerful
[/caption] Black holes seem to defy our comprehension and be contrary to conventional understanding. So perhaps it is not entirely…
Andromeda’s Unstable Black Hole
[/caption] The Andromeda galaxy, the closest spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way, has a supermassive blackhole at the center…