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Once every 10,000 years or so, the center of a galaxy lights up as its supermassive black hole rips apart a passing star. This “tidal disruption event” happens in a literal flash, as the central black hole pulls in stellar material and blasts out huge amounts of radiation in the process. Astronomers know of around […]
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China Ru-Sen Lu, Feng Yuan, Wu Jiang, Zhi-Qiang Shen & Hai Yang Key Laboratory of Radio Astronomy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China Ru-Sen Lu & Zhi-Qiang Shen Max-Planck-Institut für . . .
Last week, Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush was released from detention at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and returned to Algeria, his home country. Suspected of being a low-level fighter for Al Qaeda, at age 52 he was in his 21st year of detention in the prison, had no charges filed against him and stopped speaking […]
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Expanding upon the historic first images of black holes, scientists on Wednesday unveiled the first picture showing the violent events unfolding around one of these ravenous cosmic behemoths, including the launching point of a colossal jet of high-energy particles shooting outward into space. The new image was obtained using […]
This artistic rendering shows a runaway supermassive black hole that was ejected from its host galaxy after a tussle between it and two other black holes. As the black hole plows through intergalactic space it compresses tenuous gas in front to it and leaves a “contrail” of stars behind it. ARTWORK: NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak […]
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Time now for some science news from our friends at NPR’s science podcast, Short Wave. Emily Kwong and Regina Barber host the podcast, and they are here with us now. Hey to both of you. EMILY KWONG, BYLINE: Hi. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hey. CHANG: So I know that you two have been […]
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NASA finds runaway supermassive black hole in space – CNN Video Stay Updated on Developing Stories View in App Live TV CNN’s Tom Foreman reports on a possible runaway super massive black hole that NASA’s Hubble space telescope discovered by accident.
The thought of a runaway black hole zooming through the cosmos is a bit unsettling. However, a new finding from Hubble’s observations shows that not only is a ‘monster’ black hole speeding through space without a home galaxy, but it also isn’t taking time to snack on any nearby planets or stars in the process. […]
All About Space Magazine. Getty Images. The Black Hole. What can we say about that hasn’t been said ad nauseum on every single cable show that talks about astrophysics. It is to real science programming what “Hitler was into the occult” is to history shows and Gen-Zers running around in an abandoned insane asylum yelling […]