Apr 3, 2015 by News Staff

Some scientists have argued for decades that black holes are the ultimate vaults, entities that suck in information and then evaporate without leaving...

Feb 25, 2015 by News Staff

A group of astronomers from the United States, China, Chile, and Australia, has discovered the brightest quasar in the early Universe, powered by the most...

Feb 14, 2015 by News Staff

In a new paper published in the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity, the team responsible for the visual effects at the center of Christopher Nolan’s...

Sep 18, 2014 by News Staff

A multinational group of astronomers led by Dr Anil Seth of the University of Utah has discovered a supermassive black hole at the center of an ultra-compact...

Aug 18, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers led by Dr Dheeraj Pasham at the University of Maryland have determined the mass of a black hole known as M82 X-1, which is located in the nearby...

Feb 28, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers have discovered a new black hole in the nearby galaxy Messier 83, also known as M83, the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy or NGC 5236. Nearby spiral...

Nov 13, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of researchers using ESA’s XMM-Newton Space Telescope has found the first evidence of heavy atoms in jets emitted by a stellar-mass...

Nov 11, 2013 by News Staff

An international team of scientists led by Dr Patrick Hall of York University in Toronto has discovered a new type of quasars. This is an artist’s impression...

Nov 5, 2013 by News Staff

A team of researchers reported the first-ever discovery of a black hole in a globular star cluster in our Milky Way Galaxy. This Chandra X-ray image of...

Sep 25, 2013 by News Staff

Astronomers led by Prof Joss Bland-Hawthorn from the University of Sydney have found evidence that the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy,...

Jun 17, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

An international group of astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has reported the detection of 26 black hole candidates in Messier 31,...

Mar 20, 2013 by News Staff

For the first time ever, a multinational team of astronomers from France, the UK, the United States, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Australia, has...

Feb 15, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astronomers suggests a supernova remnant, called W49B, contains the youngest black hole formed in our Milky Way Galaxy. This image...

Jan 21, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

According to a new study conducted by German astronomers Dr Valeri Hambaryan and Dr Ralph Neuhauser, an intense blast of high-energy radiation that struck...

Jan 21, 2013 by Sergio Prostak

Australian astronomers have discovered how supermassive black holes grow – and it’s not what was expected. Researchers have believed that...

Dec 17, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

According to an international team of astronomers, bright X-ray flares in nearby galaxies, once assumed to indicate the presence of black holes, can in...

Dec 14, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

With the combined power of Earth-orbiting X-ray telescopes, including NASA’s Swift and ESA’s XMM-Newton, an international team of astronomers has...

Nov 21, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

A study by Dr Stephen Curran of the University of Sydney and Dr Matthew Whiting of the CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science has addressed the mystery of why...

Oct 31, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Using sophisticated computer modeling programs, astrophysicists have shed light on the long-standing mystery of the binding force behind a cluster of unruly...

Oct 9, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

The team of astrophysicists using NASA’s Swift satellite has discovered a rare X-ray nova in our Galaxy. According to the team, this object reveals...