Black Holes
A Black Hole’s Record Breaking Lunch
Does a distant black hole provide a new definition of pain and suffering? The black hole, named XJ1500+0154, appears to…
Somebody Get This Supermassive Black Hole A Towel
Two galaxies collide, and one super-massive black hole is stripped almost naked of stars.
6 Million Years Ago The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Raged
Astrophysicists looking for the Milky Way's missing matter have found that our black hole was very active only 6 million…
A ‘Cosmic Miracle’: Indications Of Early Forming ‘Direct Collapse’ Black Hole Seen
Astronomers have been finding some extremely old supermassive black holes, ones that formed when the Universe was quite young. But…
What Are Virtual Particles?
As we’ve learned, black holes can evaporate over time thanks to the creation of virtual particles at the edge of…
Weekly Space Hangout – June 10, 2016: Dr. Chris McKay
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: NASA Astrobiologist Dr. Chris McKay organized an August 2014 workshop to discuss the future…
Weekly Space Hangout – May 27, 2016: Dr. Seth Shostak
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Seth Shostak is the Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute. He also heads…
Fermi Links Neutrino Blast To Known Extragalactic Blazar
The Fermi Space Telescope has found the source of 'Big Bird', one of the most energetic neutrinos ever detected.
A Super-Fast Star System Shrugs Its Shoulders At Physics
Researchers have discovered the first Hyper-Velocity binary star, and its location, and possible relationship with Dark Matter, is a puzzle.
Supermassive Black Hole Found In The Cosmic Boonies
A supermassive black hole of 17 billion solar masses has been found in an isolated region of space. How did…