Black hole discovered in star cluster M62

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 15:29

Researchers have found evidence of another black hole in a globular cluster known as M62.

Violent past of Milky Way`s giant black hole revealed

Last Updated: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 11:29

NASA`s Chandra X-ray Observatory has helped find evidence that the normally dim region very close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, flared up with at least two luminous outbursts in the past few hundred years.

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.

Supermassive black hole at heart of galaxy erupted 2 mn yrs ago

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 09:38

A dormant volcano - a supermassive black hole - lies at the centre of our galaxy last erupted two million years ago, according to scientists.

Hyper-black hole may have formed the universe

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 18:10

The universe was created from the debris ejected when a star collapsed into a black hole - a theory that can explain why the cosmos seems to be so uniform in all directions, scientists say.

Astronomers probing how black holes shape galaxies` development

Last Updated: Friday, September 6, 2013, 17:52

The scientists studied a galaxy called 4C12.50, nearly 1.5 billion light-years from Earth.

Why material around giant black hole in our galaxy`s centre is faint in X-rays

Last Updated: Friday, August 30, 2013, 19:42

Astronomers using NASA`s Chandra X-ray Observatory have made a major breakthrough in explaining why material around the giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy is extraordinarily faint in X-rays.

How cosmic turbulences lead to formation of stars and black holes

Last Updated: Friday, August 16, 2013, 23:29

A new study has shown how magnetic fields can also cause turbulences within "dead zones," thus making an important contribution to our current understanding of just how compact objects form in the cosmos.

New black hole measuring method could help understand galaxy growth

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 15:15

Astronomers have found a new way to measure the spin in supermassive black holes, which could lead to better understanding about how they drive the growth of galaxies.

How giant magnetic fields are formed

Last Updated: Sunday, July 28, 2013, 13:56

Short gamma-ray bursts as observed with satellites like XMM Newton, Fermi or Swift release within a second the same amount of energy as our galaxy in one year.

Gas cloud being `stretched like spaghetti` as it swings past black hole

Last Updated: Thursday, July 18, 2013, 10:51

Recent observations of the galactic center have revealed that parts of the in-falling gas cloud, which was detected in 2011, have already swung past the black hole at the heart of our Milky Way.

Dusty surprise around giant black hole discovered

Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 14:50

New observations of a nearby active galaxy using Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at ESO`s Paranal Observatory in Chile have given a team of astronomers a surprise.