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What Came Before the Big Bang?
Astronomers are pretty sure what happened after the Big Bang, but what came before? What are the leading theories for…
New Simulation Offers Stunning Images of Black Hole Merger
A black hole is an extraordinarily massive, improbably dense knot of spacetime that makes a living swallowing or slinging away any morsel of energy…
How Quickly Do Black Holes Form?
A star can burn its hydrogen for millions or even billions of years. But when the party's over, black holes…
Did a Galactic Smashup Kick Out a Supermassive Black Hole?
Crazy things can happen when galaxies collide, as they sometimes do. Although individual stars rarely impact each other, the gravitational…
Mysterious Object “G2” at Galactic Center is Actually Binary Star
A mysterious object swinging around the supermassive black hole in the center our galaxy has surprised astronomers by actually surviving…
The Physics Behind “Interstellar’s” Visual Effects Was So Good, it Led to a Scientific Discovery
While he was working on the film Interstellar, executive producer Kip Thorne was tasked with creating the black hole that…
What Would A Black Hole Look Like?
If you could see a black hole with your own eyeballs, what would you see? Here on the Guide to…
Hawking Radiation Replicated in a Laboratory?
Dr. Stephen Hawking delivered a disturbing theory in 1974 that claimed black holes evaporate. He said black holes are not…
Could A Planet Be as Big as a Star?
How big do planets get? Can they get star sized? Everybody wants the biggest stuff. Soft drink sizes, SUV’s, baseball…
Old Equations Shed New Light on Quasars
There's nothing more out of this world than quasi-stellar objects or more simply - quasars. These are the most powerful and among…