Black holes have a new spectator! HXMT - China's first-ever space telescope launched
Weighing 2.5-tonnes, the telescope dubbed Insight, was sent into an orbit of 550 km above the Earth to help scientists better understand the evolution of black holes, and the strong magnetic fields and the interiors of pulsars.
Jun 15, 2017, 11:32 AM IST
Chinese space telescope to observe pulsars in Milky Way
China is set to launch a space telescope, the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), to observe pulsars in the galaxy of Milky Way
Jun 03, 2017, 12:24 PM IST
Chinese space telescope to observe 'big eaters'
When a black hole swallows too much, the excess matter is converted into two jet-flows perpendicular to the accretion disk of the black hole, which is like a glutton with a bloated belly belching.
May 30, 2017, 00:45 AM IST
