12 September 2016
New study doubles the number of known quasars
... of these objects was debated for some time, it is now excepted that a quasar is the region around a supermassive black hole that emits up to a thousand times the energy output of the Milky Way through the accretion of matter. The...
05 October 2016
Neutron star natal kicks could be the catalyst for binary formation and new gravitational wave sources
... into a close orbit, eventually forming an X-ray binary. Nonetheless, in other cases, the kick could also produce black hole - neutron star (BH-NS) binaries with very short merger times. This could possibly give rise to a new type...
28 June 2020
Black hole collision may have exploded with light
... waves - ripples in space and time that can be detected with extremely sensitive instruments on Earth. Since black holes and black hole mergers are completely dark, these events are invisible to telescopes and other light-detecting instruments used...
10 April 2019
Ring of fire around black hole revealed for first time
... around the world, scientists reveal what is likely to be one of the biggest shadows ever imaged – that of a supermassive black hole. The stunning picture, which represents 'a huge breakthrough for humanity', has been made possible by the Event...
03 April 2017
Milky Way black hole search begins
... Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) to take a never-seen-before image of the event horizon surrounding the supermassive black hole at the centre of our Galaxy – Sagittarius A*. These two international radio telescopes have now been joined by the...
09 August 2019
Is the Milky Way's black hole waking up?
...star just be shedding its outer layers making it look like the black hole was awakening? Some of the closest known stars, like S2, ... as monotonous as how the gas is getting fed into the black hole. If its irregular, then its likely to be quite lumpy ...
