Black Hole

If the Sun was suddenly replaced with a black hole of the same mass, what would happen to Earth? Let’s take a few steps back into the black hole’s and study the star that it once was. Stars form when matter accretes within a cloud of gas and dust, heats…

Each episode will tackle developments in space exploration, astronomy and astrophysics. The first one, for instance, will take a look at how the Gemini Observatory was able to detect an ancient quasar, which is the farthest object we've ever seen. Another epi…

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Illustration of a black hole tearing apart and devouring a star. Contrary to most popular representations, the overwhelming majority of matter accreted by the black hole or otherwise brought into its vic…

Antitrust regulation of Facebook by the government? Don’t bank on it. Facebook is already too big to fail, too big to jail, a black hole of money & power. Zuckerberg has come up with the perfect formula for world domination as banks, governments, payment …

We all know that Earth won't last forever. But nothing else in the universe will either, and you can witness the series of explosions, evaporations, expirations, and other kinds of cosmic deaths that will constitute the next one trillion trillion trillion tri…

Magnetic fields could be keeping the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way quiet NASA/SOFIA; Star field image: NASA/Hubble Space Telescope By Leah Crane The Milky Ways supermassive black hole is eerily quiet, rarely devouring anything, and now we may k…

Building a quasar, the brightest type of object in the universe , usually signifies an end of star-formation in a galaxy. Now, new research suggests that some galaxies may continue to birth new stars longer than expected after a quasar cuts off their supply …

The monster black hole at the center of the Milky Way is eerily quiet, and now astronomers think they know why. There are invisible magnetic field lines wrapped around it — researchers already suspected this. But new images show that those unseen lines form …

If you’ve never heard of Patagonia’s Black Hole duffel bags, you’ve likely spotted one in an airport, foreign train station or strapped to the roof of an overlander. Patagonia built the weather-resistant and sturdy bags to last decades with a rugged TPU-lamin…

WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Silver Surfer: Black #1 by Donny Cates, Tradd Moore, Dave Stewart and Clayton Cowles, in stores now. Marvel writer Donny Cates is weaving an intricate cosmic web. The scribe recently launched a new Guardia…