Biases in the observation of telescopes explain why black holes with stellar mass greater than 20 times the sun are not detected, although they are…
The expansion of the universe makes black holes grow
A new study suggests that the growth of black holes does not depend on the absorption of material from dead stars: these mysterious structures could…
Hubble Revisits the Veil Nebula
Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Z. Levay This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope revisits the Veil Nebula, which was featured in a…
Astronomers Say Black Holes Are Gaining Mass as the Universe Grows
Sometimes nature unlocks when we examine the way we look at it. Black holes remain a focal point for cosmic mysteries, one of which asks…
Black hole bonanza: Astronomers discover 32 collisions and one mystery merger
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration dropped its latest batch of gravitational wave detections on Sunday, and it’s a big one. Thirty-five events have been catalogued and,…
Record haul of 35 gravitational waves provides insight into how universe formed: astronomers
Almost all the newly detected gravitational waves were created when black holes collided.(Supplied: Mark Myers/OzGrav) Gravitational waves were first discovered in 2015 , with the Nobel Prize-winning detection…
Black hole bonanza: Astronomers discover 32 collisions and one mystery merger
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration dropped its latest batch of gravitational wave detections on Sunday, and it’s a big one. Thirty-five events have been catalogued and,…
Mercury: the last survivor?
The planet closest to the Sun, Mercury, has a series of peculiarities that make it difficult to deduce its exact origin. A new study suggests…
Alexander Weygers, the man who designed Flying Saucers in 1920’s and later, in 1944 patented his UFO “The DISCOPTER”.
Alexander Weygers (1901 – 1989) developed a series of techno-artistic proposals that made him admired in his time. Among his projects are from a vehicle…
Mystery of Black Hole’s Powerful Near-Light-Speed Jets May Be Solved /newsweek. com/
Using a sophisticated supercomputer, astronomers have modeled the region of space around the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87)—…