Black Holes
A Black Hole Observed in the Heart of Mysterious Omega Centauri
Omega Centauri is a strange thing. It's been classified as a star, then a nebula, then a globular cluster and…
Astronomers Find the Smallest Black Hole
Black holes seem to have no upper limit; some weigh in at hundreds of millions of times the mass of…
When Black Holes Explode: Measuring the Emission from the Fifth Dimension
Primordial black holes are remnants of the Big Bang and they are predicted to be knocking around in our universe…
Greedy Supermassive Black Holes Dislike Dark Matter
It is widely accepted that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) sit in the centre of elliptical galaxies or bulges of spiral…
What Happens When Supermassive Black Holes Collide?
As galaxies merge together, you might be wondering what happens with the supermassive black holes that lurk at their centres.…
Could Primordial Black Holes Deflect Asteriods on a Collision Course with Earth?
Primordial black holes (PBHs) are getting mischievous again. These artefacts from the Big Bang could be responsible for hiding inside…
What Would Happen if a Small Black Hole Hit the Earth?
We can all guess what would happen should a massive black hole drift into our solar system... there wouldn't be…
Synthetic Black Hole Event Horizon Created in UK Laboratory
Researchers at St. Andrews University, Scotland, claim to have found a way to simulate an event horizon of a black…
“Listening” for Gravitational Waves to Track Down Black Holes
Gravitational waves are predicted by Einstein's 1916 general theory of relativity, but they are notoriously hard to detect and it's…
New Technique for Finding Intermediate Mass Black Holes
It's one of the big mysteries in astronomy. There are stellar mass black holes and the supermassive variety, but nothing…