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Scientists Nudge Closer To The Edge Of A Black Hole
October 11, 2006 — NASA scientists and their international partners using the new Japanese Suzaku satellite have collected a startling new set of black hole observations, revealing details of twisted space and warped ... > full story -
Astronomers See Inside A Quasar For The First Time
October 5, 2006 — For the first time, astronomers have looked inside quasars -- the brightest objects in the universe -- and have seen evidence of black holes. The study lends further confirmation to what scientists ... > full story -
Chandra Reviews Black Hole Musical: Epic But Off-Key
October 5, 2006 — A gigantic sonic boom generated by a supermassive black hole has been found with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, along with evidence for a cacophony of deep ... > full story -
Ultrafast Star Escapes Black Hole
October 4, 2006 — At last astronomers have a method to accurately measure the speed of stars within a galaxy containing a black hole. Dutch researcher Alessia Gualandris developed the algorithm for this in cooperation ... > full story -
How Many Black Holes Are There In The Universe?
September 10, 2006 — Astronomers using ESA's orbiting gamma-ray observatory, Integral, have taken an important step towards estimating how many black holes there are in the ... > full story -
X-Ray Flashes Tied To Low-End Massive Stars
September 1, 2006 — Massive stars as much as 40 times bigger than our sun often produce brilliant gamma-ray bursts when they explode, leaving behind black holes. Observations of a supernova discovered earlier this year, ... > full story -
Astronomers Use Supercomputers To Study Atoms Linked To Black Holes
August 23, 2006 — Super-hot atoms in space hold the key to an astronomical mystery, and an Ohio State University astronomer is leading an effort to study those atoms here on Earth. The team used supercomputers to ... > full story -
Where Are The Supermassive Black Holes Hiding?
July 26, 2006 — European and American scientists, on a quest to find supermassive black holes hiding in nearby galaxies, have found surprisingly few. Either the black holes are better hidden than scientists realized ... > full story -
Scientists Find The Reason Behind Black Holes' Light Shows
June 22, 2006 — A team of astronomers led by the University of Michigan may know how black holes are lighting up the Universe. New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory show, for the first time, that powerful ... > full story -
When Galaxies Collide: Supercomputers Reproduce Fluid Motions Of Cosmic Duet
May 31, 2006 — A wispy collection of atoms and molecules fuels the vast cosmic maelstroms produced by colliding galaxies and merging supermassive black holes, according to some of the most advanced supercomputer ... > full story
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