• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 11th, 2012
Black Holes Can Switch Between Gears

Black Holes Can Switch Between Gears

They operate remarkably similar to a common car engine

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 1st, 2012
X-Ray Echo Identified Around Distant Black Hole

X-Ray Echo Identified Around Distant Black Hole

The finding will help further studies of supermassive black holes

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 17th, 2012
Staring into the Mouth of a Black Hole

Staring into the Mouth of a Black Hole

The object is located a long distance away from Earth

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 2nd, 2012
New Model Explains How the Solar System Appeared

New Model Explains How the Solar System Appeared

The new theory is a bit simpler than the currently-accepted one

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 29th, 2011
Black Holes Shoot Huge Gas 'Bullets'

Black Holes Shoot Huge Gas 'Bullets'

The structures were observed close to the event horizon

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 11th, 2009
Accretion Disk Evaporation Imaged for the First Time

Accretion Disk Evaporation Imaged for the First Time

The Suzaku telescope has been instrumental for the study

  • Space
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • December 15th, 2008
Gravitational Instability Is Dead, Long Live Stellar Storms

Gravitational Instability Is Dead, Long Live Stellar Storms

A new theory related to planet formation

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • April 19th, 2008
Light Echo Helps Map Galactic Nucleus

Light Echo Helps Map Galactic Nucleus

Astronomers get insight into the workings of galactic nuclei

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • April 7th, 2008
Rare Type of Quasi-Stellar Object Discovered

Rare Type of Quasi-Stellar Object Discovered

Broad absorption line quasar behaves impredictably

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • March 4th, 2008
Black Hole Collisions Revealed by Infrared Glows

Black Hole Collisions Revealed by Infrared Glows

Astrophysicists find solution to black hole merger detection

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • January 11th, 2008
Stellar System Interaction Generates Mysterious X-ray Source

Stellar System Interaction Generates Mysterious X-ray Source

X-ray sources appear and disappear in the Centaurus A galaxy

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • November 3rd, 2007
Black Holes Shape Galaxies

Black Holes Shape Galaxies

Enormous tornadoes