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What Would It Be Like To Fall Into A Black Hole?
Let's say you happened to fall into the nearest black hole? What would you experience and see? And what would…
Observing Alert: Distant Blazar 3C 454.3 in Outburst, Visible in Amateur Telescopes
Have an 8-inch or larger telescope? Don't mind staying up late? Excellent. Here's a chance to stare deeper into the…
Where Is the Center of the Universe?
In a previous episode we hinted that every spot is at the center of the Universe. But why? It turns…
Can Light Orbit A Black Hole?
Since black holes are the most powerful gravitational spots in the entire Universe, can they distort light so much that…
Weekly Space Hangout – March 7, 2014: Cosmos Premiere & NASA Budget
Host: Fraser Cain Astrojournalists: David Dickinson, Matthew Francis, Casey Dreier, Jason Major, Brian Koberlein, Alan Boyle This week's stories: Alan…
How Do You Kill a Black Hole?
Black holes want to absorb all matter and energy in the Universe. It's just a matter of time. So what…
Could We Harvest Energy From a Star?
Our civilization will need more power in the future. Count on it. The ways we use power today: for lighting,…
Why Hawking is Wrong About Black Holes
A recent paper by Stephen Hawking has created quite a stir, even leading Nature News to declare there are no black…
What is on the Other Side of a Black Hole?
Picture an entire star collapsed down into a gravitational singularity. An object with so much mass, compressed so tightly, that…
Sgr A* Could Be a Relic of a Powerful AGN
The early universe was sizzling with active galactic nuclei (AGN) — intensely luminous cores powered by supermassive black holes — most…