07 October 2020
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 awarded to three astrophysicists
... Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 with one half to Roger Penrose at University of Oxford, UK, “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity” and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel at Max...
21 March 2016
Using gravitational waves to search for Population III stars
... detection GW150914 is of primordial origin, in addition their studies estimate that aLIGO will detect roughly 1 primordial black hole – black hole (BH – BH) merger per year when modifications to aLIGO have been implemented later this year, although...
19 April 2016
Gravitational waves poised to be pinpointed by gamma ray burst
... before we can start rewriting the textbooks we'll need to see more bursts associated with gravitational waves from black hole mergers," said Valerie Connaughton, a GBM team member at the National Space, Science and Technology Center in Huntsville...
08 April 2020
First-ever photo proof of powerful jet emerging from colliding galaxies
... But not all of this matter gets accreted into the black hole. Some of the particles become accelerated and are spewed outward ...and if enough gas moves, then the super-massive black hole will become extremely bright and could potentially develop a jet...
05 January 2016
High-Energy X-rays show Andromeda Galaxy in a different light
... view of a large area of Andromeda, Wik and colleagues are aiming to distinguish what fraction of X-ray binaries are black holes or neutron stars in order to understand the population as a whole. It will also allow astronomers to figure out just how...
24 January 2018
Scientists uncover common origin for ultrahigh-energy particles
... think that all three high-energy phenomena could have a common origin; powerful jets from supermassive black holes. Using an astrophysical model – the first of its kind to be based on detailed numerical computations – a team from Penn State...
