Black Hole

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope may be retired, but the things it witnessed during its sixteen and a half year mission will be the subject of study for many years to come. For instance, Spitzer is the only telescope to witness something truly astounding occurring at the center of the distant…

101 Comments Facebook Twitter RSS Feed print Comments Larry Niven would be pleased May 1, 2020 at 1:17 pm   Hide Replies 1 Considering that he wrote about the idea more than once a half century ago. I'm more impressed by Mike Brown's reasoning, see his TED talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UZKME9WP9M #…

"because we come from nothing" Enjoy this wonderful short animated film by Paul Trillo, based on the words of Alan Watts. "Until There Was Nothing" ...or "How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Black Hole" Someday this will pass and there will be nothing left. The inevitable spaghettification…

Image: Cradle GamesHellpoint wears its influences on its sleeves. It’s obvious that Canadian developer Cradle Games knew what it wanted to make—Dark Souls in space—and set out to do just that. I recently had the chance to try a preview version of Hellpoint on Xbox One, and while I often…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionArtwork of OJ 287: The smaller black hole punches through the accretion disc twice every 12 yearsAstronomers have been able to test key consequences of Einstein's theories by studying the way a couple of black holes move around each other.One of these…

Black holes aren't stationary in space; in fact, they can be quite active in their movements. But because they are completely dark and can't be observed directly, they're not easy to study. Scientists have finally figured out the precise timing of a complicated dance between two enormous black holes, revealing…

Data availabilityThe data that support the plots within this paper and other findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.References1.Liu, J. et al. A wide star–black-hole binary system from radial-velocity measurements. Nature 575, 618–621 (2019).2.Belczynski, K. et al. The formation of a 70-M☉ black hole…

Data availabilityThe data that support the plots within this paper and other findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.References1.Liu, J. et al. A wide star–black-hole binary system from radial-velocity measurements. Nature 575, 618–621 (2019).2.Belczynski, K. et al. The formation of a 70-M☉ black hole…

References1.Liu, J. et al. A wide star–black-hole binary system from radial-velocity measurements. Nature 575, 618–621 (2019).2.Abdul-Masih, M. et al. On the signature of a 70 solar-mass black hole in LB-1. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2216-x (2019).3.El-Badry, K. & Quataert, E. Not so fast: LB-1 is unlikely to contain a 70 M⊙ black hole.…

References1.Liu, J. et al. A wide star–black-hole binary system from radial-velocity measurements. Nature 575, 618–621 (2019).2.Abdul-Masih, M. et al. On the signature of a 70 solar-mass black hole in LB-1. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2216-x (2019).3.El-Badry, K. & Quataert, E. Not so fast: LB-1 is unlikely to contain a 70 M⊙ black hole.…