Black Hole

Updated February 28, 2020 09:21:08 Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion ever seen in the universe, originating from a super-massive black hole. Key points:The explosion was so large it carved out a crater in the hot gas that could hold 15 Milky WaysAstronomers used NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory along with…

Home News Science & Astronomy The Helix Nebula, deep in the Aquarius constellation. (Image: © NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Ariz.) Your daily horoscope: If it's your birthday today (or any other day), congratulations! You are very lucky. You were born into a universe of endless mystery and wonder — a vast and…

When astronomers talk about an optical telescope, they often mention the size of its mirror. That’s because the larger your mirror, the sharper your view of the heavens can be. It’s known as resolving power, and it is due to a property of light known as diffraction. When light passes…

AbstractCalixpyrrole phosphonate-cavitands were used as receptors for the design of supramolecular sensors for creatinine and its lipophilic derivative hexylcreatinine. The sensing principle is based on indicator displacement assays of an inherently fluorescent guest dye or a black-hole quencher from the receptor’s cavity by means of competition with the creatinine analytes.…

(Bloomberg) --BAE Systems Plc will make a 1 billion-pound ($1.3 billion) payment to fund a pensions black hole in coming months after Europe’s biggest defense firm reached an agreement with U.K. regulators.The maker of warships, missiles and Eurofighter warplanes had a pension shortfall of 1.9 billion pounds as of Oct.…

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A peculiar movement of gas clouds close to the center of our galaxy may finally provide concrete evidence for a mysterious form of black hole whose very existence has yet to be proven by scientists. We already know that the smallest and the largest types of black hole exist, but…

The Breakthrough Listen Initiative today (Friday, Feb. 14) released data from the most comprehensive survey yet of radio emissions from the plane of the Milky Way Galaxy and the region around its central black hole, and it is inviting the public to search the data for signals from intelligent civilizations.…

February 15, 2020 AT 12:30 am Close on the heels of the recent, astonishing shots of the sun’s surface, NASA has now captured a stunning infra-red panoramic image of the center of our home galaxy, The Milky way. via Astronomy NowSpanning a distance of more than 600 light-years, this panorama…

Home News Search For Lives NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this view of the interstellar object Comet 2I/Borisov on Oct. 12, 2019. (Image: © NASA/ESA/D. Jewitt (UCLA)) Our solar system's second known interstellar visitor appears to be keeping quiet, just like the first.The Breakthrough Listen SETI (search for extraterrestrial intelligence)…