All posts tagged "Black Holes"
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1.1KScience NewsGravitational Waves Confirmed From Colliding Black Holes 2 Billion Years Ago
Scientists have identified another surge of gravitational waves coming from two black holes that are joining together. They collided nearly 2 billion...
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1.6KScience NewsMore Gravitational Waves Detected, Einstein’s Predictions Confirmed
Physicists at the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Waves Observatory (LIGO) are incredibly excited over the second observation this year of a breakthrough...
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1.9KScience NewsBrightest Known Galaxy Being Torn Apart By Supermassive Black Hole
A growing supermassive black hole located in the heart of the most luminous known galaxy in the universe, W2246-0526, is emitting so much energy...
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2.7KScience NewsRegular Telescopes Can Observe Black Holes
Astronomers at Kyoto University, Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the RIKEN Institute and Hiroshima University have found that black holes can be observed using...
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2.4KScience NewsNearby Supermassive Black Hole Generating Powerful X-Ray Emissions
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have discovered that a nearby supermassive black hole is generating powerful outbursts of x-ray emissions. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory...
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2.4KScience NewsNASA Finds Burping Supermassive Black Hole
A black hole between merging galaxies is apparently ‘burping’ large amounts of X-ray emitting gas. The black hole is situated between galaxy...
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2.1KScience NewsSupermassive Black Holes Expected To Collide Sooner Than Predicted
Columbia astronomers confirmed that two black holes that are on a collision course with one another are a lot closer than they...
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2.2KScience NewsStephen Hawking’s Black Hole Theory May Have Solved 40 Year Mystery
A decades old mystery involving black holes may have been solved by renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. In a conference at the KTH...
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2.2KScience NewsNeutrino Observatory Detects Ghost Particles In Antarctica
Scientists in Antarctica have confirmed the existence of cosmic neutrinos, particles of high-energy originating from locations inside and outside of our galaxy....
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2.0KScience NewsGinormous Black Hole Bigger Than Its Galaxy Shocks Scientists
Astronomers have discovered a giant black hole nearly as large as 7 billion suns, which is much larger than expected in relation...
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1.8KScience NewsNASA’s NuSTAR Telescope Reveals Newly Discovered Black Holes
NASA’s NuSTAR telescope has unearthed out of this world findings, unveiling five supermassive black holes previously obscured by gas and dust clouds,...
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1.9KScience NewsTelescope As Big As Earth To Photograph Black Hole
With the addition of the University of Chicago-built South Pole Telescope, astronomers across the globe are linking telescopes together in order to expand the...
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1.9KScience NewsBlack Hole MQ1 Is Small But Powerful
Astronomers have come across an unusual black hole which, while small, is incredibly powerful, as it is powered by two massive jets...
