Tag: Black hole
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New discovery sheds light on very early supermassive black holes
Similar types of objects have been found in the more local, present-day Universe, such as Arp 299 shown here. In this system, two galaxies are crashing together generating an intense starburst as well as heavy obscuration of the growing supermassive black hole in one of the two galaxies.
February 26, 2023 -
Aussie astronomers capture black hole eruption
As the black hole that possesses 55 million times the mass of the sun erupts, it feeds on gas and ejects material at near light speed
December 23, 2021 -
Scientists observed light from behind a black hole
"Any light that goes into that black hole doesn't come out, so we shouldn't be able to see anything that's behind the black hole. The reason we can see that is because that black hole is warping space, bending light and twisting magnetic fields around itself,"
July 29, 2021 -
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Supermassive black hole in motion detected
Using follow-up observations with the Arecibo and Gemini Observatories, the team has now confirmed their initial findings.
March 13, 2021 -
Beware: Instant Death Zones in Fortnite Chapter 2 may spoil your experience
These bugs should be fixed soon like the previous ones were.
October 17, 2019 -
Fortnite’s black hole leads players to ‘Chapter 2’
It’s a whole new world to explore with forests, mountains, improved arms and ammunitions.
October 16, 2019 -
Fortnite season 11 obliterates into black hole, millions of gamers stare at it
Over 5.5 million people watched the event, ‘The End’, on YouTube and Amazon's Twitch video-game platform.
October 14, 2019 -
Fascinating universe
A Black Hole is formed when a huge star of around eight solar masses or more collapses on its own gravity.
June 15, 2019 -
Who is Katie Bouman? Know the woman behind first black hole image
Katie Bouman led development of the algorithm that made it possible to create the first image ever of a black hole
April 11, 2019 -
Black hole image captured for very first time in history
The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun.
April 10, 2019 -
Black hole news: First look today? Event Horizon Telescope will tell soon
Members of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project team will address at a press conference today, which will be streamed live on the US National Science Foundation website
April 10, 2019 -
10 must-know facts about legendary physicist Stephen Hawking
The renowned scientist, legendary physicist, the man who explained the world, behavior of black holes and even examined the origin of the universe, Stephen Hawking’s is no more. Professor Stephen Hawking died at his home at the age of 76, his family told the UK media. Hawking’s full name is Stephen William Hawking, he was...
March 14, 2018 -
Scientists discover super massive black hole with 800 million times mass of Sun
Scientists have uncovered the farthest known super massive black hole which is 800 million times the mass of our Sun — astonishingly large for its young age. The discovery, published in the journal Nature, could provide fundamental information about the universe when it was only 5 percent of its current age. For black holes to...
December 7, 2017 -
In the grand scheme of things
Does humanity exist to serve some ultimate, transcendent purpose? Conventional scientific wisdom says no. As physicist Lawrence Krauss puts it in his latest book, The Greatest Story Ever Told…So Far, our evolution on this planet is just a “cosmic accident”. If you believe otherwise, many would accuse you of suffering from some kind of religious...
July 18, 2017 -
China launches space telescope
China on Thursday launched its first ever space telescope to observe black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts. The 2.5-tonne Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) was launched via a Long March-4B rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gobi Desert at 11 a.m, reports Xinhua news agency. The HXMT, dubbed Insight, was sent into an orbit of 550 km...
June 15, 2017 -
Molecular black hole created using world’s most powerful laser
Scientists, using the world's most powerful X-ray laser, have successfully created a molecular black hole consisting of heavy atoms that suck electrons from their neighbours. Researchers from Kansas State University in the US successfully used short pulses of ultra-intense high-energy X-rays to produce a detailed picture of how X-ray radiation interacts with molecules. This was...
June 1, 2017