Black Hole

Home News (Image: © Shutterstock) The universe might be full of tiny, ancient black holes. And researchers might be able to prove it.These mini black holes from the beginning of time, or primordial black holes (PBHs), were first dreamed up decades ago. Researchers proposed them as an explanation for dark…

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics went to three researchers who confirmed that Einstein’s general relativity predicts black holes, and established that the center of our own galaxy houses a supermassive black hole with the equivalent of 4 million suns packed into a relatively small space. Besides expanding our understanding…

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Credit: University of Nottingham Researchers have developed a new theory for observing a quantum vacuum that could lead to new insights into the behavior of black holes. The Unruh effect combines quantum physics and the theory of relativity. So far it has not been possible to measure or observe it,…

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have observed spectacular large-scale dark and light rays beaming out of the bright center of IC 5063, an active galaxy located 156 million light-years away in the southern constellation of Indus. The researchers think that an inner-tube-shaped ring, or torus, of dusty material…

Artist’s conception of a galaxy with an active nucleus propelling jets of material outward from the galaxy’s center. Credit: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF Astronomers using data from the ongoing VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) have found a number of distant galaxies with supermassive black holes at their cores that have launched powerful,…

Artistic representation: In a merger of neutron stars extreme temperatures and densities occur. Credit: Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital, Inc. A new study lead by GSI scientists and international colleagues investigates black-hole formation in neutron star mergers. Computer simulations show that the properties of dense nuclear matter play a crucial role,…

Using data from the Very Large Array Sky Survey (VLASS), astronomers have detected young radio-emitting jets from supermassive black holes in distant active galaxies. An artist’s conception of a galaxy with an active nucleus propelling jets of material outward from the galaxy’s center. Image credit: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO / AUI…

Black holes pull stars and gas into its disk that swirls around. This event produces immense energy as well as a powerful gusher of light from superheated infalling gas. The swirling disks are so distant that it is incredibly challenging to get any detail about them. Luckily, by a quirk…