• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 4th, 2014
Scientists Start Reexamining All Dark Matter Candidates

Scientists Start Reexamining All Dark Matter Candidates

The search for the elusive stuff has thus far yielded no results

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 28th, 2013
What Would Happen If You Fell into a Black Hole

What Would Happen If You Fell into a Black Hole

Two theories compete for prominence in the scientific community

Stars Collapsing into Black Hole Emit No More Radio Waves

Stars Collapsing into Black Hole Emit No More Radio Waves

Their entire energy goes into their final explosion, a study has determined

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 18th, 2013
Black Holes Will Soon Get Their First Image

Black Holes Will Soon Get Their First Image

A new grant has been awarded for this very purpose

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 4th, 2013
Rare Black Hole Duo Spotted in Faraway Galaxy

Rare Black Hole Duo Spotted in Faraway Galaxy

Instances where black holes spin together are very uncommon

Black Holes of All Sizes Share Same Properties

Black Holes of All Sizes Share Same Properties

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific research

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 29th, 2013
Model Reveals What Goes On at the Core of the Milky Way

Model Reveals What Goes On at the Core of the Milky Way

Scientists gain new insights into how stars at this location move

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 28th, 2013
Extra-Luminous Black Hole System Found in Nearby Galaxy

Extra-Luminous Black Hole System Found in Nearby Galaxy

The object is two times brighter than astronomers expected

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 27th, 2013
The Search for Medium-Sized Black Holes Deepens

The Search for Medium-Sized Black Holes Deepens

Astronomers have yet to identify even one such structure

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 22nd, 2013
NASA Study Challenges Current Understanding of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Video

NASA Study Challenges Current Understanding of Gamma-Ray Bursts: Video

A new radiation burst was recently produced by a dying star

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 21st, 2013
Particle Jets Finally Identified in Milky Way's Central Black Hole

Particle Jets Finally Identified in Milky Way's Central Black Hole

These structures have been hypothesized to exist for many years

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 12th, 2013
Newly-Found Quasar Defies Theory That Was Supposed to Predict It

Newly-Found Quasar Defies Theory That Was Supposed to Predict It

Astronomers are baffled by the object's weird behavior in space

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 8th, 2013
New Data Revealed on How Supermassive Black Holes Form

New Data Revealed on How Supermassive Black Holes Form

Advanced model explains the existence of early massive black holes

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 7th, 2013
Pulsar-Timing Arrays May Be Used to Reveal Gravitational Waves

Pulsar-Timing Arrays May Be Used to Reveal Gravitational Waves

This is one of the most promising ways of studying the elusive phenomenon

NASA Uncovers 10 Huge Black Holes

NASA Uncovers 10 Huge Black Holes

The black holes were hidden in the middle of several galaxies

Study: How Giant Black Holes Spin

Study: How Giant Black Holes Spin

A study puts a new twist to what was known about calculating black hole spin rates

  • Science
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • December 29th, 2012
Deathbed Maths Theory Proven Correct 100 Years Later

Deathbed Maths Theory Proven Correct 100 Years Later

Srinivasa Ramanujan's theory might explain why black holes behave the way they do

 
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