05 April 2018
Newly discovered black holes suggests thousands more in our galaxy
... from Columbia University, helps support a long standing theory that thousands of black holes surround supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the centre of large galaxies, but with black holes being what they are, it is a theory that up until now has...
10 April 2020
A recently discovered stellar black hole could be the most massive yet, say astronomers
... Space Station, has found what could be the most massive black hole among the known black hole binaries in our Galaxy. Black hole binaries (BHBs), are systems consisting of a stellar mass black hole and a star. These are not to be confused with BBHs...
02 September 2020
Heaviest black hole merger yet is a first for discoveries
...’t tally with our current understanding of stellar processes. All of the black holes observed to date fit within either of two categories: supermassive black holes, and stellar-mass black holes. The first variety, such as the one at the center of the...
18 January 2021
New study looks at how to harness energy from a black hole
... reconnecting magnetic fields accelerate plasma particles in two different directions, one plasma flow is pushed against the black hole's spin, while the other is propelled in the spin’s direction. Particles following the spin direction can escape...
06 May 2016
Accurate mass of supermassive black hole calculated by astronomers using ALMA
... Sun, plus or minus ten percent and is about 150 times the mass of the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. "This black hole, though individually massive, accounts for less one percent of the mass of all the...
22 March 2017
Massive quasars can be powered by direct collapse black holes say scientists
.... It was then postulated that perhaps DCBHs helped form another type of perplexing object – supermassive black holes (SMBHs). Supermassive black holes are some of the most important objects in the Universe. Not only do they drive the dynamics...
