Black Holes
The Limit of Black Holes
Researchers have used the Chandra X-Ray Observatory to understand just how large supermassive black holes can get by performing a…
Swift Sees the Birth of a Black Hole
NASA's Swift space observatory has seen its first Gamma-Ray Burst (GRB), probably the birth of a black hole. Swift detected…
Supermassive Black Holes Early On
Astronomers now believe that all large galaxies have a supermassive black hole at their centre, but it was believed that…
Second Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way
A French/US team of astronomers have discovered a second black hole is lurking at the heart of our Milky Way…
Black Hole at the Heart of a Nebula
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have found what they believe is an intermediate sized black hole at the…
New Black Holes Found in a Virtual Observatory
A team of European astronomers has used a virtual observatory to find 30 previously undiscovered black holes. The team combined…
Binary Black Holes Modeled on Computer
Researchers from Penn State University have developed a computer model that describes the interaction of a binary black hole system;…
Black Holes Can Be Ejected From Galaxies
Astronomers from several US universities have developed a scenario where colliding black holes could be ejected from their galaxy. When…
Star Seen Very Near Black Hole
Image credit: ESO A team of astronomers have spotted an otherwise normal star make a close pass with the supermassive…