How supermassive black holes grow when galaxies collide

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 18:36

Experts have claimed that the notion black holes become supermassive by merging with other black holes is much more complex than previously believed.

Location of massive black holes discovered

Last Updated: Friday, October 18, 2013, 00:02

A research team has discovered that the more massive black holes tend to be located in galactic environments with higher density, thus indicating that galaxies in a dense area often merge together, causing the growth of massive black holes.

Black holes may have `hair`, say scientists

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 15:37

Black holes may be less simple and "clean" than how most theoretical model describe them, according to researchers.

Study of distant dying star may tell how Sun will eventually die

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 11:43

Scientists have found a jet of high-energy particles erupting from a dying star, which could help explain what happens when stars like the Sun reach the end of their lives.

NASA`s NuSTAR spacecraft detects 10 supermassive black holes

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 19:40

NASA`s new black-hole-hunter spacecraft - NuSTAR - has detected its first 10 supermassive black holes, lying at the hearts of distant galaxies between 0.3 and 11.4 billion light-years from Earth.

Astronomers probing how black holes shape galaxy evolution

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 14:02

Astronomers have assembled photos to make a series of time-lapse movies showing a jet of superheated gas being ejected from a supermassive black hole.

8 interesting facts about black holes

Last Updated: Friday, August 16, 2013, 00:04

We keep hearing about these strange and mysterious objects in space called black holes, but have you ever thought what they actually are? Do they exist in reality or are they just fiction?

How stellar-mass black holes produce higher-energy light

Last Updated: Saturday, June 15, 2013, 14:10

A NASA-led study has confirmed long-held suspicions about how stellar-mass black holes produce their highest-energy light.

NASA finds `bonanza` of black holes in galaxy next door

Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 11:32

Data from NASA`s Chandra X-ray Observatory have helped astronomers to discover an unprecedented bonanza of black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way.