Astronomers find signs of double supermassive black holes
Science | October 26, 2018 15:18 ISTThe fact that the most powerful jets are associated with binary black holes could have important consequences for the formation of stars in galaxies.
The fact that the most powerful jets are associated with binary black holes could have important consequences for the formation of stars in galaxies.
Researchers are also applying the successful machine-learning algorithm to find new kinds of signals that could be coming from extraterrestrial civilisations.
Scientists have been able to prove the existence of small black holes and those that are super-massive, but the existence of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) was never proven.
The scientists tracked the event with radio and infrared telescopes, in a pair of colliding galaxies 150 million light-years from Earth.
It is being estimated that the gravitational waves detected last year may have led to the lowest mass black hole ever found, says the scientist who analysed data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Young galaxies blaze with bright new stars forming at a rapid rate, but star formation eventually shuts down as a galaxy evolves.
A study led by Sukanya Chakrabarti has found that the outskirts of spiral galaxies like our own Milky Way could be crowded with colliding black holes of massive proportions.
Astronomers including one of Indian-origin have identified five pairs of supermassive black holes, each containing millions of times the mass of the Sun, in the centres of galaxies
These black hole couples formed when two galaxies merged with each other after collision, forcing their supermassive black holes close together.
Scientists announced on Wednesday that they have detected a fourth gravitational wave signal coming from the merger of two black holes
Two Pune-based scientists are involved in the discovery of two closest-ever black holes, in a super-massive binary black hole system, which is about 400 million light years from Earth
In what is being hailed as a "groundbreaking discovery", astronomers have for the first time observed two supermassive black holes orbiting around each other in a distant galaxy.
Gigantic black holes have been spotted eating up everything including the stars present near them – something they are quite famous for. Black holes have a tremendous gravitational pull and obtain thermal energy equal to
While physicists have been trying to unravel the mysteries of black holes for decades, a new study suggests that they may actually be ‘back doors’ to other parts of the universe.
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Bangalore: An Indian astrophysicist says the recent observation by NASA scientists of giant flares of X-rays from a black hole confirms his theory that the so-called black holes are not "true" black holes but actually
New Delhi: When most people think of supermassive black holes, they think of large, destructive forces sucking up everything which gets in its field of gravity. However, researches have now discovered that they may have
Washington: The giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way may be producing mysterious particles called neutrinos, say NASA scientists.Neutrinos are tiny particles that carry no charge and interact very weakly with electrons
London, Mar 31: As many as 2,000 black holes kicked away from their homes are now living on the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy, according to a new study.Researchers from the University of California,
Los Angeles, Jun 17: Astronomers think they have solved the mystery of an extraordinary flash spied in a faraway galaxy, saying it came from a massive black hole that devoured a star after it wandered
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