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A black hole is a region of time and space where, despite its name, a large amount of matter has accumulated. As a result, the gravitational pull of black holes is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Some black holes are caused by the explosion of dead stars, called supernovas.
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SEP 14, 2021Chemistry & Physics
The world’s most accurate clock has taken the 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Jun Ye, a physicist ...Written By: Hannah DanielAUG 18, 2021Space & Astronomy
The feeding patterns of black holes are directly correlated to their size. The corresponding study was published in ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 05, 2021Space & Astronomy
In an astrophysics first, a team of researchers have directly observed light coming from the backside o ...Written By: Matthew LundyJUL 11, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found evidence of two mergers of black holes and their companion neutron stars about 900 million light- ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 29, 2021Space & Astronomy
There's a massive black hole at the center of our galaxy, but it's difficult for astronomers to see exactly what's happe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2021Chemistry & Physics
New observations from radio telescopes and supercomputer simulations show plasma jets interacting with magnetic fields i ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have described a new theorem of quantum machine learning based on the Hayd ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
The first images ever taken of a black hole were released in April 2019. The images were captured with the Event Horizon ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2021Space & Astronomy
Until now, astronomers had detected X-rays from every planet in our solar system apart from the two Ice Giants: Uranus a ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 31, 2021Space & Astronomy
It's been theorized that our Universe started as a hot, incredibly dense point that exploded in the Big Bang. It's thoug ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2021Chemistry & Physics
New observations from the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and Very Long Baseline ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 17, 2021Space & Astronomy
In his theory of general relativity, Einstein predicted that black holes harbor an enormous amount of energy. And now, r ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 13, 2021Space & Astronomy
We know that geysers like Old Faithful can erupt on a predictable schedule, and now researchers have learned more about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 12, 2021Chemistry & Physics
What exactly is a quasar? Astronomers define quasars as huge active galactic nuclei that house supermassive black holes ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 23, 2020Space & Astronomy
This image is an artist's concept of what a blazar might look like, by NASA. Check out actual shots of the blazar in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 13, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists think they have witnessed the birth of a magnetar for the first time, when a massive burst of gamma rays took ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 24, 2020Space & Astronomy
Earlier this year, astronomers reportedly identified the 'closest black hole to Earth every discovered'. However ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 16, 2020Space & Astronomy
In work that could help scientists understand how matter behaves when it's close to supermassive black holes, a star has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 16, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Last week, the science community celebrated the awarding of this year's Nobel Physics Prize to a trio of black hole ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 08, 2020Space & Astronomy
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an array of four individual telescopes in the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2020Chemistry & Physics
New observations from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) provide insight on how supermas ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanSEP 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
A bulky black hole, which may have already been the product of a black hole merger, appears to have tangled with a more ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2020Space & Astronomy
If a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, the forces exerted on the star tear it to shreds, generating a hu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2020Space & Astronomy
Matt Caplan, a theoretical physicist at Illinois State University, has calculated when the last supernova will happen in ...Written By: Annie Lennon
SEP 14, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
The world’s most accurate clock has taken the 2022 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Jun Ye, a physicist
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
AUG 18, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The feeding patterns of black holes are directly correlated to their size. The corresponding study was published in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 05, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In an astrophysics first, a team of researchers have directly observed light coming from the backside o
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JUL 11, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found evidence of two mergers of black holes and their companion neutron stars about 900 million light-
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 29, 2021
Space & Astronomy
There's a massive black hole at the center of our galaxy, but it's difficult for astronomers to see exactly what's happe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
New observations from radio telescopes and supercomputer simulations show plasma jets interacting with magnetic fields i
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have described a new theorem of quantum machine learning based on the Hayd
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
The first images ever taken of a black hole were released in April 2019. The images were captured with the Event Horizon
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Until now, astronomers had detected X-rays from every planet in our solar system apart from the two Ice Giants: Uranus a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 31, 2021
Space & Astronomy
It's been theorized that our Universe started as a hot, incredibly dense point that exploded in the Big Bang. It's thoug
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
New observations from the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and Very Long Baseline
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 17, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In his theory of general relativity, Einstein predicted that black holes harbor an enormous amount of energy. And now, r
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 13, 2021
Space & Astronomy
We know that geysers like Old Faithful can erupt on a predictable schedule, and now researchers have learned more about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 12, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
What exactly is a quasar? Astronomers define quasars as huge active galactic nuclei that house supermassive black holes
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 23, 2020
Space & Astronomy
This image is an artist's concept of what a blazar might look like, by NASA. Check out actual shots of the blazar in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 13, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists think they have witnessed the birth of a magnetar for the first time, when a massive burst of gamma rays took
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Earlier this year, astronomers reportedly identified the 'closest black hole to Earth every discovered'. However
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 16, 2020
Space & Astronomy
In work that could help scientists understand how matter behaves when it's close to supermassive black holes, a star has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 16, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Last week, the science community celebrated the awarding of this year's Nobel Physics Prize to a trio of black hole
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 08, 2020
Space & Astronomy
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), an array of four individual telescopes in the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
New observations from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) provide insight on how supermas
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
A bulky black hole, which may have already been the product of a black hole merger, appears to have tangled with a more
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2020
Space & Astronomy
If a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, the forces exerted on the star tear it to shreds, generating a hu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Matt Caplan, a theoretical physicist at Illinois State University, has calculated when the last supernova will happen in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon