Neutron Stars Have Tiny Mountains That Are No More Than Millimeters Tall, Study Suggests

SPACE 07.19.2021 02:51 AM

A team of astrophysicists used new models of neutron stars and showed that their tallest mountains could only be millimeters tall due to the huge gravity on the ultra-dense objects.

Gamma-Ray Bursts: What Do These Ultrabright Flashes Tell About the Universe?

07.18.2021 22:37 PM

What are Gamma-ray bursts? Scientists believe that these ultrabright flashes could hold the secrets of the origin of the universe and they are eager to find where these beams come from.

Black Holes Might Have Hair, Study Says – Is Albert Einstein Wrong?

07.11.2021 22:38 PM

A new study shows that extreme black holes could break the famous “no-hair” theorem, and in a way that we could detect.

Are Black Holes Slowly Taking Over Star Cluster Palomar 5 Orbiting Milky Way Galaxy?

07.05.2021 23:19 PM

Palomar 5, a cluster flanked with giant star tails, will be completely usurped by black holes in one billion years, scientists predict.

Did Scientists Just See A Black Hole Swallowing a Neutron Star for the 1st Time?

07.04.2021 22:50 PM

Researchers observed two new gravitational wave events in January 2020, within a span of just 10 days.

Supermassive Black Holes May Host the 'Largest Tsunami-Like' Structures, Experts Say

06.30.2021 22:38 PM

Astrophysicists said tsunami-like structures may form on much bigger scales, from gas escaping the gravitational pull of a supermassive black hole.

Tennis Ball Scale Primordial Black Holes: Will be Detected by a New Device Which Captures Gravitational Wave, Developed by Astrophysicists

06.23.2021 00:45 AM

A news device was developed by experts to detect primordial black holes from the big bang. The tennis ball-sized black holes emit gravitational waves that can help us understand the origin of our universe.

Supermassive Black Holes Origins, Birth: How Dark Matter Halo Affect It

06.17.2021 11:43 AM

Novel research suggests that supermassive black holes, located in the center of galaxies or galaxy clusters, could have originated from massive seed black holes that would explain its exponential mass growth rate.

Sagittarius A* Might Not Be a Black Hole After All, Hints Toward Dark Matter Mass

06.03.2021 05:20 AM

For several years, the scientific consensus is that the dark mass in the middle of the Milky Way, designated Sagittarius A*, is a black hole - and a new study is challenging the widely-accepted notion.

Black Hole Plasma Beam Energy Emission Analyzed by Experts

05.22.2021 00:17 AM

Researchers were able to identify the mysterious hot-white plasma beams from black hole emissions. It is possible evidence of the Blandford-Znajek process.

Radio Blast From 13 Billion Years Away Detected; What Is It Trying To Tell Scientist?

03.10.2021 02:49 AM

The radio signal came from a time when the universe was just 780 million years old. This could give us key insights into the early universe.

Black Holes COULD Starve When Galactic Collisions Happen, Experts Say

01.26.2021 02:00 AM

Computer simulations show that head-on collisions between galaxies can STRIP them of matter, leaving the black holes at their centers with nothing to feast on.

Scientists Lay Down A Wild Plan to Harvest Energy From Black Hole

01.15.2021 00:30 AM

Experts say black holes could be theoretically harvested to provide power for future off-planet colonies.

Astronomers May Have Heard the Possible Hints of Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves

01.12.2021 01:35 AM

Every colliding black hole or neutron star should send ripples ringing across spacetime. Experts may have just caught the first hint of gravitational wave background.

Can Black Holes Ring Like a Bell? Here's What Astronomers Could Say

01.08.2021 06:40 AM

Experts could prove Einstein’s theory of general relativity and help revolutionize scientists’ understanding of black holes.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Shares "Cinnamon Bun" Galaxy

11.24.2020 09:30 AM

A picture of a cinnamon bun-shaped galaxy snapped by the Hubble telescope was posted by NASA. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a "tantalizing" thin bright rays and dark shadows beaming from the Northern Hemisphere constellation of Andromeda.

Ligo and Virgo Found New Weird Black Holes Teeming in the Universe

10.29.2020 18:00 PM

After several months of thorough analysis, an updated catalog of gravitational wave detections has been released by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration.

ESO Captures a Star Ripped Apart by a Black Hole

10.13.2020 08:30 AM

Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have captured a rare light emitted from a star being devoured by a supermassive black hole.

Exotic Peacocks of the Stellar World: A New Model for Colliding-Wind Binaries

10.12.2020 09:00 AM

A student from the University of Sydney has led a new paper describing the Apep star system - dubbed as "one of the exotic peacocks of the stellar world."

When Two Black Holes Collide, the Result "Chirps" Not Once, But Multiple Times

10.08.2020 08:30 AM

Gravitational-wave scientists reported that in the event of a collision and subsequent merging of two black holes, the resulting black hole "chirps" not just once, but multiple times.

The Very Large Telescope Detects a Supermassive Black Hole With 6 Surrounding Galaxies

10.01.2020 09:51 AM

How supermassive black holes formed over billions of years have remained a mystery to astronomers for years. A recent discovery of six galaxies and a supermassive black hole forming a cosmic web may explain its origins.