Active supermassive black holes discovered in merging galaxies

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 11:57

A team of astronomers have found at least one supermassive black holes almost always becomes active and luminous by accreting a large amount of material in luminous, gas-rich, merging galaxies.

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.

Black holes can exist without event horizon: Stephen Hawking

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:12

Stephen Hawking`s (famous theoretical physicist) new theory has startled the scientific world and has challenged the notion about black holes upturning the whole mystery surrounding them.

Physicists find evidence that universe could be one big hologram

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 15:57

A team of physicists have claimed to have found some of the clearest evidence yet that our Universe could be a hologram.

Scientists puzzled over neutron stars` x-ray superbursts origin

Last Updated: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 14:32

Scientists are trying to find what exactly powers neutron stars` x-ray superbursts.

Quantum entanglement not possible without wormhole

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 11:23

Researchers have shown that by creating two entangled black holes, then pulling them apart, they formed a wormhole-essentially a "shortcut" through the universe-connecting the distant black holes.

Two `dancing` black holes sighted at heart of remote galaxy

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 15:20

Astronomers using NASA`s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have spotted what appears to be two supermassive black holes, at the heart of a remote galaxy, circling each other like dance partners.

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.

Relativistic jets from black holes may be `heavy ones`

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 18:32

A new study has claimed that atomic nuclei`s present in the relativistic jets shooting out from the black hole binary system 4U 1630-47.

How supermassive black holes are formed

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 22:04

Over billions of years, small black holes can slowly grow supermassive by taking on mass from their surroundings and also by merging with other black holes.

How exploding stars and black holes sowed early cosmos with iron

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 15:34

Astrophysicists by detecting an even distribution of iron throughout a massive galaxy cluster can reveal how exploding stars and black holes sowed the early cosmos with heavy elements.

Search for `hidden black holes` just got easier

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 11:04

A new method is set to focus on the difference of emission frequencies from molecules uniquely found around black holes, which may open the way for "the search for a hidden black hole" which is overcast with dust particles and optically invisible.