Black Holes
Young Stars Forming Near Galactic Black Hole
[/caption] Just as young children need safe, nurturing environments to develop and grow, young stars, too need just the right…
Studying Black Holes Using a PlayStation 3
[/caption] If you're a PlayStation 3 fan, or if you just received one as a holiday gift, you may be…
Beyond Any Reasonable Doubt: A Supermassive Black Hole Lives in Centre of Our Galaxy
[/caption] One the one hand, this might not be surprising news, but on the other, the implications are startling. A…
Hanny’s Voorwerp Revealed?
Ever since Hanny Van Arkel found an unusual object while scanning through images as an enthusiastic Galaxy Zoo volunteer, astronomers…
Black Holes Supply Lifeblood for Galaxies
[/caption] Obviously, today is the day for news on black holes. While one group of astronomers studied the violent flares…
Milky Way’s Black Hole Sending Out Flares
[/caption] Two different telescopes simultaneously observed violent flares from the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way.…
Even Early Galaxies Had Supermassive Black Holes
[/caption] We're learning more about black holes and the early universe all the time, with the help of all the…
The Violent Variations of Black Holes
[/caption] What is the environment around a black hole really like? Astronomers are getting a better idea by observing the…
Podcast: Black Hole Surfaces, Magnetic Field Strengths, and the Speed of Gravitons
[/caption] As you know, we wanted to answer listener questions regularly, but we found it was taking away from the…
Super-massive and Small Black Holes Both Suck
[/caption] Sorry, couldn't resist that title. Astronomers studying black holes are able to "see" them due to the fact that…