black holes

Black holes belch fire after devouring cosmic spaghetti, studies show 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 24, 2016
By examining ‘echoes’ of infrared light, scientists were able to measure the intensity of black hole flare.

By David Aragorn
NASA: Earth is Vulnerable to Invisible, NASA: Earth is Vulnerable to Invisible, Microscopic Black Holes –“Universe is Filled with Primordial Black Holes Speeding Through Space Like Bullets”0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 31, 2016
The NASA study reports that microscopic black holes could speed through space like cosmic bullets every 1,000 years, and potentially hit Earth.

By David Aragorn
Black hole made in the lab shows signs of quantum entanglement 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 21, 2016
“Black holes are important not just for understanding black holes. They are important for studying new physics,”

By Around the Web Editor
Chorus of Black Holes Sings in X-Rays 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 28, 2016
Supermassive black holes in the universe are like a raucous choir singing in the language of X-rays. When black holes pull in surrounding matter, they let out powerful X-ray bursts. This song of X-rays, coming from a chorus of millions of black holes, fills the entire sky — a phenomenon astronomers call the cosmic X-ray background.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers find evidence for ‘direct collapse’ black hole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2016
Astronomers have recently discovered unusual source of intense radiation that is likely powered by a “direct-collapse black hole,” a type of object predicted by theorists more than a decade ago.

By David Aragorn
This Is the Last Thing Japan’s Lost Black Hole Satellite Saw Before It Died 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 8, 2016
Earlier this year, Japan launched a groundbreaking black-hole-monitoring satellite—only to lose control of it almost immediately under strange circumstances. Now, we finally can see what Hitomi did right before it died.

By David Aragorn
Using gravitational waves to catch runaway black holes 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 30, 2016
Black holes are the most powerful gravitational force in the Universe. So what could cause them to be kicked out of their host galaxies? Cambridge researchers have developed a method for detecting elusive ‘black hole kicks.’

By David Aragorn
If You Could Generate A Sound That is 1,100 dB It Could Create A Black Hole!0
- Another Point of View, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- June 29, 2016
It might be possible to create a black hole here on earth, but would we want to?

By David Aragorn
LIGO black hole pair may be stars that lived and died together 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 22, 2016
The recent spate of gravitational waves may come from pairs of stars that were lifelong companions.

By David Aragorn
X-ray Echoes of a Shredded Star Provide Close-up of ‘Killer’ Black Hole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 22, 2016
Scientists and Astronomers have witnessed an amazing event of a star being ripped apart by a black hole, and they were able to observe and study this special class of black holes in full detail for the first time.

By David Aragorn