Black Hole

A 17-year-old intern at NASA discovered a new planet on his third day on the job.Wolf Cukier, then a junior in high school, was interning at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland when he made the discovery.The planet, since named TOI 1338 b, is the first circumbinary planet to…

Astronomers from UCLA's Galactic Center Orbits Initiative have discovered a new class of bizarre objects at the center of our galaxy, not far from the supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*. They published their research today in the journal Nature. "…

This week, observations of objects orbiting a black hole, and rethinking how we measure screen-time. In this episode: 00:45 Observing the centre of the galaxy Researchers have uncovered a population of dust-enshrouded objects orbiting the supermassive blac…

This week, observations of objects orbiting a black hole, and rethinking how we measure screen-time. In this episode: 00:45 Observing the centre of the galaxy Researchers have uncovered a population of dust-enshrouded objects orbiting the supermassive blac…

1.Schödel, R. et al. A star in a 15.2-year orbit around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. Nature419, 694696 (2002). 2.Ghez, A. M. et al. Stellar orbits around the Galactic center black hole. Astrophys. J. 620, …

1.Schödel, R. et al. A star in a 15.2-year orbit around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. Nature419, 694696 (2002). 2.Ghez, A. M. et al. Stellar orbits around the Galactic center black hole. Astrophys. J. 620, …

A new study by a group of researchers at the University of Birmingham has found that collisions of supermassive black holes may be simultaneously observable in both gravitational waves and X-rays at the beginning of the next decade.The European Space Agency (…

Simultaneous spectral and temporal observations of the newly detected black hole X-ray binary (BHXB) MAXI J1820+070 using the AstroSat spacecraft, have delivered more insights into the properties of this source. Results of the study, presented in a paper publ…

The popular mobile video app TikTok is a gold mine, featuring everything from dancing to angry voicemails, snappy rants, and brilliant sketch comedy. Only problem: You have to wade through a lot of rough lip syncs to get to them.   The app's elusive "For You…

How exactly are you supposed to bring back an uneconomical brute of a vehicle when there is growing pressure on vehicle manufacturers to clean up emissions? Make it electric, of course. General Motors Company (GMC) is planning to do just that with the Hummer…