Black Holes
How Fast Do Black Holes Spin?
There is nothing in the Universe more awe inspiring or mysterious than a black hole. Because of their massive gravity…
Planck “Star” to Arise From Black Holes?
A new paper has been posted on the arxiv (a repository of research preprints) introducing the idea of a Planck star…
Weekly Space Hangout – January 31, 2014: No Black Holes?!?
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Brian Koberlein, Morgan Rehnberg, David Dickinson, Jason Major, Nicole Gugliucci (more…)
Black Holes No More? Not Quite.
Nature News has announced that there are no black holes. This claim is made by none other than Stephen Hawking, so…
Weekly Space Hangout – January 10, 2014: Wake Up, Rosetta! & Top Stories from AAS
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: David Dickinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Scott Lewis, Brian Koberlein, special guest Ruth McAvinia from the ESA…
What is a Pulsar?
They are what is known as the "lighthouses" of the universe - rotating neutron stars that emit a focused beam…
Weekly Space Hangout – November 8, 2013
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Thad Szabo, Scott Lewis, Ian O'Neill, Alan Boyle, Nancy Atkinson, David Dickinson, Jason Major, Matthew Francis,…
Early Supermassive Black Holes First Formed as Twins
It's one of the puzzles of cosmology and stellar evolution: how did supermassive black holes get so... well, supermassive... in the…
Webcast: What Happens When You Fall Into a Black Hole?
What happens if you fall into a black hole? According to Einstein's general theory of relativity, the fall would be…
Weekly Space Hangout – September 20, 2013: Antares Launch, Rocket Armadillo, ISON Craziness
It's Friday so it's space hangout time. Join Universe Today publisher Fraser Cain and a crew of space journalists as…