Scientists Spot Two Black Holes Caught in a Deadly Orbital Dance for the First Time
When two black holes meet, they are drawn to one another by way of their enormous gravity, initiating…
Supermassive Black Holes Might Not Be So Super After All
Scientists from the Australian National University have published findings that call into question basic understandings of the nature…
Hyderabad-born researcher Dr Mugdha on a quest to uncover black holes in tiny galaxies
Born in India and raised in UAE, the young astrophysicist turned a childhood fascination with the night sky…
A wormhole from another universe? Scientists revisit the puzzling black hole GW190521
In May 2019, astronomers picked up something strange in the fabric of spacetime. The LIGO and Virgo detectors…
A wormhole from another universe? Scientists revisit the puzzling black hole GW190521
In May 2019, astronomers picked up something strange in the fabric of spacetime. The LIGO and Virgo detectors…
Giant Stars With Black Holes Inside Them May Have Been Detected For The First Time
Some of the mysterious pinpricks of light at the dawn of the Universe could be a type of…
Turns Out the First Supermassive Black Holes Weren’t So Supermassive, Research Suggests
All galaxies have a supermassive black hole at their center. A new finding doesn’t contradict that observation, but…
Astronomers Just Found the Earliest Known Black Hole, and It’s a Monster That Shouldn’t Exist
Artist representation of CAPERS-LRD-z9, home to the earliest confirmed black hole. The supermassive black hole at its center…
Astronomers spot black hole eating up to 3,000 Suns every year
Deep in the distant universe, astronomers have found a black hole that seems to be breaking the usual…
NASA’s Chandra Finds Black Hole With Tremendous Growth
A black hole is growing at one of the fastest rates ever recorded, according to a team of…
Scientists finally confirm Hawking’s black hole law strengthening Einstein’s theory of gravity
Ten years ago, astronomers made history when they first detected ripples in spacetime, called gravitational waves, from the…
Gravitational waves help scientists measure newborn black hole’s ‘kick’
The historic finding comes about a decade after the first detection of gravitational waves performed by a famous…