Black hole theory my `biggest blunder,` says Stephen Hawking

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 00:33

After a series of controversies surrounding Black holes,Stephen Hawking is clarifying his stance on them and the role played by them in the universe.

Scientists discover extremely powerful black hole

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 16:52

Astronomers have spotted one of the most powerful black holes known, according to NASA.

First black hole orbiting `spinning` star discovered

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:01

Spanish scientists have discovered what may be the first binary system ever known to consist of a black hole and a "spinning" star, which is more accurately known as a Be-type star.

Dwarf galaxies could help reveal supermassive black holes` origin

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 11:31

Astronomers have discovered more than 100 small, dwarf galaxies with characteristics indicating that they harbor massive black holes feeding on surrounding gas; this could help resolve the question as to how black holes originated and grew in the early universe.

Gas cloud set to collide with supermassive black hole at Milky Way`s core

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 11:29

Astronomers have discovered that a mysterious gas cloud about three times the mass of Earth is spiraling towards the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way`s core.

Black hole`s birth kills `exploding` radio star

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 12:02

Astronomers have found a new population of exploding stars that "switch off" their radio transmissions before collapsing into a Black Hole.

New project could help you become cosmic explorer

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 12:23

`Radio Galaxy Zoo` launched Tuesday is a new `citizen science` project that lets anyone become a cosmic explorer.

Fast radio bursts` may be coming from nearby stars

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 11:30

Researchers have claimed that "fast radio bursts", lasting for only a thousandth of a second, may be coming from within our own galaxy, and not from galaxies billions of light-years away as previously believed.

Astronomers glimpse infrastructure of Gamma-ray burst jets

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 16:06

Astronomers have used observations from a novel instrument to look at magnetic fields at the heart of gamma-ray bursts, the most energetic explosions in the universe.

Smaller black holes have bigger appetites than larger ones

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 19:18

A new study suggests that a relatively small black hole (20-30 times the mass of our Sun) can sustain a hugely voracious appetite while consuming material in an efficient and tidy manner - something that was previously thought impossible.

Evidence of jet in Milky Way`s supermassive black hole found

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 19:09

Astronomers, who have long sought strong evidence that Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, is producing a jet of high-energy particles, have finally found it.

Unusual new type of black-hole quasar discovered

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 18:40

A research team has discovered a surprising new class of quasars- a super-bright disk of hot gas surrounding a black hole- in distant galaxies that even the most current theories had not predicted.