`Black holes are portals to other universes`

Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013, 16:29

Scientists have proposed a new theory that suggests black holes may actually be the portals to other universes.

Did the universe evolve to make black holes?

Last Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013, 19:59

The maths underpinning Darwin`s theory of natural selection could explain how the universe may be `designed` to make black holes.

Universe`s rate of expansion measured using black holes

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 10:58

Scientists have developed a method to measure the rate of the universe`s expansion using certain types of active black holes that lie at the center of many galaxies.

Outcast black holes live on the edge of our galaxy

Last Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013, 16:42

As many as 2000 black holes kicked away from their homes are now living on the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy, according to a new study.

Black holes growing faster than believed

Last Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 17:29

Astronomers have discovered that super-massive black holes - located at the centres of galaxies - are growing faster than previously thought.

`Supermassive` black holes may be bigger than thought

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 19:00

Some of the biggest black holes in the universe may actually be even bigger than previously thought, a study that uses data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has suggested.

White dwarfs can mimic black holes

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 15:46

Bright X-ray flares in nearby galaxies, once assumed to indicate the presence of black holes, can in fact be produced by white dwarfs, a new research has revealed.

Monster galaxy’s puffy core may have been created by merging black holes

Last Updated: Friday, October 26, 2012, 16:07

Astronomers have obtained a remarkable new view of a whopper of an elliptical galaxy, with a core bigger than any seen before, thanks to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Giant telescope to explore early universe

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 14:05

Scientists at the University of Arizona and in California have completed the most challenging large astronomical mirror ever made.

NASA’s WISE telescope discovers millions of supermassive black holes

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 14:34

NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission has uncovered millions of new supermassive black holes and extreme galaxies called hot DOGs, or dust-obscured galaxies.