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Suspects in the Quenching of Star Formation Exonerated
October 11, 2011 — Some supermassive black holes power luminous, rapidly growing objects called active galactic nuclei (AGN) that gather and condense enormous quantities of matter. Because astronomers had seen these ... > full story -
Astrophysicists Find Evidence of Black Holes' Destruction of Stars
October 11, 2011 — Astrophysicists have found evidence of black holes destroying stars, a long-sought phenomenon that provides a new window into general relativity. The research also opens up a method to search for the ... > full story -
Astrophysics and Extinctions: News About Planet-Threatening Events
October 7, 2011 — Space is a violent place. If a star explodes or black holes collide anywhere in our part of the Milky Way, they'd give off colossal blasts of lethal gamma-rays, X-rays and cosmic rays and it's ... > full story -
Space Telescopes Reveal Secrets of Turbulent Black Hole
September 29, 2011 — Supermassive black holes at the hearts of active galaxies swallow large amounts of gas. During this feast they spill a lot of their 'food', which is discharged in turbulent outbursts. An ... > full storyMore: -
NASA's WISE Mission Captures Black Hole's Wildly Flaring Jet
September 20, 2011 — Astronomers using NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have captured rare data of a flaring black hole, revealing new details about these powerful objects and their blazing ... > full story -
Black Hole, Star Collisions May Illuminate Universe's Dark Side
September 19, 2011 — Researchers have unveiled a ready-made method for detecting the collision of stars with an elusive type of black hole that is on the short list of objects believed to make up dark matter. Such a ... > full story -
Small Distant Galaxies Host Supermassive Black Holes, Astronomers Find
September 15, 2011 — Using the Hubble Space Telescope to probe the distant universe, astronomers have found supermassive black holes growing in surprisingly small galaxies. The findings suggest that central black holes ... > full story -
NASA's Chandra Finds Nearest Pair of Supermassive Black Holes
September 1, 2011 — Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory discovered the first pair of supermassive black holes in a spiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way. Approximately 160 million light years from Earth, ... > full story -
How a Distant Black Hole Devoured a Star
August 24, 2011 — Astronomers have provided new insights into a cosmic accident that has been streaming X-rays toward Earth since late March. NASA's Swift satellite first alerted astronomers to intense and unusual ... > full story -
Escaping Gravity's Clutches: Information Could Escape from Black Holes After All, Study Suggests
August 10, 2011 — New research gives a fresh perspective on the physics of black holes. Conventional thinking asserts that black holes swallow everything that gets too close and that nothing can escape, but a new ... > full story -
Chandra X-Ray Observatory Images Gas Flowing Toward Black Hole
July 27, 2011 — The flow of hot gas toward a black hole has been clearly imaged for the first time in X-rays. The observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory will help tackle two of the most fundamental ... > full story -
Movement of Black Holes Powers Quasars, the Universe's Brightest Lights
July 20, 2011 — Research finds that black holes' spin and lateral movement can power bright jets of light known as ... > full story
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