Black Holes
Black Holes Can Only Get So Big
[/caption] Black holes are thought to exist throughout the universe, with the largest and most massive found at the centers…
Astronomers Link Telescopes to Zoom In On Milky Way’s Black Hole
[/caption] An international team of astronomers has obtained the closest views ever of what is believed to be a super-massive…
Is This Black Hole Available in Size Medium?
[/caption] Black holes are sometimes huge – supermassive as they are called, billions of times the mass of our sun.…
New “Sunglasses” Help Astronomers See Light Near Black Holes
[/caption] Although we can't actually see a black hole, we can see the black hole's effect on nearby matter. But…
How do you Weigh a Supermassive Black Hole? Take its Temperature
[/caption] Working out the mass of huge black holes, like the ones hiding in the centre of galactic nuclei, is…
Can Light be “Squeezed” to Improve Sensitivity of Gravitational Wave Detectors?
The search is on to detect the first evidence of gravitational waves travelling around the cosmos. How can we do…
Double Your Science: Starburst Galaxies Found with Active Quasars
Astronomers now know that essentially every galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center. When the black hole is…
How to Escape From a Black Hole
According to Einstein's theory of general relativity, black holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong that not…
Looking for Black Holes in Water?
Looking for Hawking Radiation in space is likely impossible with our current technology. But scientists here on Earth recently used…
Stars Orbiting Close to Black Holes Flattened like Hot Pancakes
Playing with black holes is a risky business, especially for a star that is unlucky enough to be orbiting one.…