Researchers have detected a signal from what may be the most massive black hole merger yet observed in gravitational waves. The product of the merger is the first clear detection …read more Source:: Science
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Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole
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•Astronomers have found the best evidence for the perpetrator of a cosmic homicide: a black hole of an elusive class known as ‘intermediate-mass,’ which betrayed its existence by tearing apart …read more Source:: Science
Einstein’s general relativity theory is questioned but still stands for now
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•In the most comprehensive test of general relativity near the monstrous black hole at the center of our galaxy, researchers report that Einstein’s theory of general relativity holds up, at …read more Source:: Science
Giant X-ray ‘chimneys’ are exhaust vents for vast energies produced at Milky Way’s center
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•At the center of our galaxy, where an enormous black hole blasts out energy as it chows down on interstellar detritus while neighboring stars burst to life and explode. astronomers …read more Source:: Science
Birth of a black hole or neutron star captured for first time
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•After combining several imaging sources, including hard X-rays and radiowaves, a team now speculates that the telescopes captured the exact moment a star collapsed to form a compact object, such …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers observe evolution of a black hole as it wolfs down stellar material
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•On March 11, an instrument aboard the International Space Station detected an enormous explosion of X-ray light that grew to be six times as bright as the Crab Nebula, nearly …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers map ‘light echoes’ of newly discovered black hole
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•A team of astronomers has charted the environment surrounding a relatively small, ‘stellar mass’ black hole that is 10 times the mass of the sun. The observations provide the clearest …read more Source:: Science
Black hole ‘donuts’ are actually ‘fountains’
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•Based on computer simulations and new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers have found that the rings of gas surrounding active supermassive black holes are not simple …read more Source:: Science
Matter falling into a black hole at 30 percent of the speed of light
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•Astronomers report the first detection of matter falling into a black hole at 30% of the speed of light, located in the center of the billion-light year distant galaxy PG211+143. …read more Source:: Science
X-ray technology reveals never-before-seen matter around black hole
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•Scientists have clarified how gravity affects the shape of matter near the black hole in binary system Cygnus X-1. Their findings may help scientists further understand the physics of strong …read more Source:: Science