Black Hole

Scientists have spotted the most exotic gravitational waves on record yet, after a black hole probably lunched on a neutron star. The news: On August 14, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in the US and the Virgo observatory in It…

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A research team from Osaka University, Nihon University and Chuo University has proposed a novel theoretical framework whose experiment could be performed in a laboratory to better understand the physics of black holes. This project can shed light on the fund…

Type I and Type II Seyfert galaxies are actually the same thing, researchers report. A Seyfert galaxy is a dim quasar, and debate among astronomers about the galaxies stems from the distinction between the two types. Before they discovered black holes at th…

Astronomers have detected a gravitational wave signal that appears to have been caused by a black hole swallowing a neutron star. Aside from being an incredible cosmic cataclysm to witness, this detection is important for another reason: it may be the final p…

Trying to find events out in space is tedious because you wouldn't know if what you've found is the actual thing or if it's just noise. But on August 14, astronomers might have picked up a possible collision between a black hole and a neutron star which would…

A supermassive black hole sits at the center of our galaxy and there are usually no activities being detected from it, until astronomers notice the black hole called Sagittarius A* lighting up brighter than normal in May. The closest supermassive black hole …

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way is normally quiet, but in May it surprised astronomers with an unprecedented explosion of infrared light. The closest supermassive black hole to Earth, called Sagittarius A* or Sgr A*, suddenly got…

At a Glance The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way suddenly lit up in May.Astronomers say the black hole called Sagittarius A* grew 75 times brighter in just two hours. In mid-May, a supernova black hole at the…

Even though the black hole at the center of the Milky Way is a monster, its still rather quiet. Called Sagittarius A*, its about 4.6 million times more massive than our Sun. Usually, its a brooding behemoth. But scientists observing Sgr. A* with the Keck Tele…