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A New Idea to Harness Energy From Black Holes
A new study by an international team shows how the physics of a black hole's event horizon could allow us…
Light Behaves Really Strangely Around a Black Hole
A new study led by Caltech researchers show that light can be reflected off of a black hole's disk by…
How Researchers Produce Sharp Images of a Black Hole
A new study by members of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) has shown how new images of black…
There Could be Planets Orbiting Around Supermassive Black Holes
A team of scientists from Japan have theorized that planetary systems could form around Supermassive Black Holes.
Fraser and John Michael Godier Debate the Fermi Paradox
As many of you are no doubt aware, our noble publisher, Fraser Cain, occasionally has the opportunity to sit down…
Here’s What the First Images from the Event Horizon Might Look Like
The Event Horizon Telescope has completed its observations. Now scientists are crunching the data and hope to soon have the…
Gravitational Astronomy? How Detecting Gravitational Waves Changes Everything
We’ve now had multiple detections of gravitational waves, opening up a whole new field: gravitational astronomy. We talk about the…
What Exactly Should We See When a Star Splashes into a Black Hole Event Horizon?
A team of researchers questions the existence of an event horizon around black holes and wonders what it would look…
Black Hole Imaged For First Time By Event Horizon Telescope
Thanks to an international effort and multiple radio telescopes, astronomers have visualized an event horizon for the first time.
How Cold Are Black Holes?
Black holes absorb everything that falls into them, including photons of light and heat. So what does it mean to…