'Cloaked' black hole discovered in early universe
According to current theories, a dense cloud of gas feeds material into the disk surrounding a supermassive black hole during its period of early growth, which "cloaks" or hides much of the quasar's bright light from our view.
Aug 09, 2019, 15:44 PM IST
Plasma-spewing black hole dragging spacetime
The jets appear to be rapidly rotating with high-speed clouds of plasma -- potentially just minutes apart -- shooting out of the black hole in different directions.
May 02, 2019, 19:01 PM IST
First-ever blackhole to be photographed named 'Powehi'
The first-ever blackhole to be pictured has been named `Powehi` by a Hawaiian professor Larry Kimura, who was tasked with the job by astronomers involved in the project.
Apr 13, 2019, 06:04 AM IST
Furore over 'black hole' photo forces China's largest image provider to shut
Shares in the company slumped by the maximum 10 per cent allowed.
Apr 12, 2019, 23:48 PM IST
First-ever picture of a black hole captured in historic space breakthrough
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) -- a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration -- was designed to capture images of a black hole.
Apr 10, 2019, 19:02 PM IST
Scientists detect four new gravitational waves
US-based LIGO and Europe-based VIRGO gravitational-wave detectors have recorded gravitational waves from a total of 10 black hole mergers and one merger of neutron stars.
Dec 04, 2018, 15:47 PM IST
Scientists confirm Einstein's supermassive black hole theory
A team of international scientists observing a star in the Milky Way have for the first time confirmed Einstein’s 100-year-old general theory of what happens to the motion of a star passing close to a supermassive black hole.
Jul 31, 2018, 10:50 AM IST
Scientists discover the fastest growing black hole which eats a Sun every two days
The energy emitted from this newly discovered supermassive black hole, also known as a quasar, was mostly ultraviolet light but also radiated x-rays.
May 16, 2018, 11:55 AM IST
Russian astronomers discover new black hole, dedicate it to Stephen Hawking
The newborn black hole, which lies in the Ophiuchus constellation, was spotted two days after Stephen Hawking's demise.
Mar 22, 2018, 11:04 AM IST
Lonely black hole hiding in giant star cluster identified
Astronomers discovered that one of the stars in a global cluster is being flung backwards and forwards at speeds of several hundred thousand kilometres per hour, with the pattern repeating every 167 days.
Jan 18, 2018, 19:10 PM IST
Super massive discovery: Scientists unveil most distant black hole
The newly found black hole is voraciously devouring material at the centre of a galaxy – a phenomenon called a quasar.
Dec 07, 2017, 12:34 PM IST
Infant stars found near Milky Way's supermassive black hole
The observations were made with Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an observatory in Chile.
Nov 29, 2017, 18:36 PM IST
Supermassive discovery: Scientists spot five elusive giant black hole pairs
The black hole pairs were uncovered by combining data from a suite of different observatories including NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Wide-Field Infrared Sky Explorer Survey (WISE), and the ground-based Large Binocular Telescope in Arizona.
Oct 04, 2017, 13:29 PM IST
Eating habits of black holes make some galaxies appear brighter
For decades, astronomers have tried to pin down why two of the most common types of active galaxies, known as Type-I and Type-II galaxies, appear different when observed from Earth.
Sep 28, 2017, 16:24 PM IST
Astronomers detect massive black hole near heart of Milky Way
It was discovered lurking in a toxic gas cloud near the heart of the Milky Way.
Sep 05, 2017, 13:59 PM IST
LIGO detects gravitational waves for third time
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in the US made the detection on January 4 this year, demonstrating that a new window in astronomy has been firmly opened.
Jun 01, 2017, 23:45 PM IST
Collapsing star mysteriously reborn as black hole, reveal NASA's Hubble and Spitzer images
As the astronomers looked for remnants of the vanquished star, they found that it disappeared out of sight with a whimper instead of a bang.
May 26, 2017, 11:16 AM IST
Supermassive black holes lurk in most dwarf galaxies: Study
Scientists have discovered supermassive black holes in two ultra-compact dwarf galaxies.
Apr 18, 2017, 20:37 PM IST
Hubble detects monster black hole kicked out of galactic core
Astronomers think this object is a very strong case. Weighing more than 1 billion suns, the rogue black hole is the most massive black hole ever detected to have been kicked out of its central home.
Mar 24, 2017, 11:49 AM IST
Scientists discover star circling closest known orbit around likely black hole!
This discovery was made using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as NASA’s NuSTAR and CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA).
Mar 14, 2017, 08:50 AM IST
