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Space collision having mass of 100 suns? GW231123 is no simple number, this galactical phenomenon is literally creating ‘waves’ in the universeA theory of merger black holes or simply a mass conundrum even scientists are baffled by, could you imagine a mass so heavy that weighed ap...17 Jul, 2025, 07.52 AM IST- In a first, astronomers discover binary star system near supermassive black holeAstronomers have discovered the first-ever binary star system, D9, orbiting the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*. This findin...19 Dec, 2024, 08.34 AM IST
- Scientists find huge black hole in Earth's backyardThe other stellar-mass black holes were revealed by their energising interactions with a companion star, despite the fact that there are pr...09 Nov, 2022, 09.20 AM IST
- New source of gravitational waves detected by scientistsGravitational waves are produced when celestial objects collide and the ensuing energy creates ripples in the fabric of space-time which ca...02 Jul, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
- Indian, US satellites find black hole that spins near maximum possible ratesRelatively smaller black holes are exotic end states of massive stellar cores, said astronomers led by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Re...01 Nov, 2018, 01.20 PM IST
- LISA can detect binaries from Milky Way's globular clusters: StudyNew York, May 12 (IANS) The European Space Agency's next-generation Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) gravitational wave detector c...12 May, 2018, 02.22 PM IST
- Thousands of black holes may be hiding in Milky Way's centreNew York, April 5 (IANS) A team of US astrophysicists have discovered a dozen black holes gathered around Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) -- the su...05 Apr, 2018, 02.02 PM IST
- Heart of Milky Way may host thousands of black holes: studyTo detect black hole binaries then, researchers realised that they would need to look for the fainter, but steadier X-rays emitted when the...05 Apr, 2018, 11.54 AM IST
- Having struck gold with gravitational waves, LIGO now hopes to observe supernovaGoal for the next run is to be 40% more sensitive, by 2020 we should be detecting tens of binary neutron stars, said LIGO Executive Directo...07 Jan, 2018, 09.40 PM IST
- Supermassive black holes can form tightly bound pairs: StudyPune, Sep 19 (IANS) Supermassive black holes found in the centres of galaxies can form gravitationally bound pairs when galaxies merge, con...19 Sep, 2017, 03.12 PM IST
- Astronomers discover orbiting supermassive black holesSan Francisco, June 28 (IANS) In what is being hailed as a "groundbreaking discovery", astronomers have for the first time observed two sup...28 Jun, 2017, 03.22 PM IST
- Gravitational waves detected for second timeThe scientists detected the gravitational waves- ripples through the fabric of the space-time continuum- using the twin LIGO interferometer...16 Jun, 2016, 12.35 PM IST
- Supermassive black holes may be lurking everywhere in universe"The newly discovered black hole is in a galaxy, NGC 1600, in the opposite part of the sky from the Coma Cluster in a relative desert."07 Apr, 2016, 06.00 PM IST
- Now, we’ll listen to the stars, courtesy gravitational wavesStudying gravitational waves will push Einstein’s general theory of relativity to its limits, while revolutionising the most violent events...13 Feb, 2016, 10.29 AM IST
- UK physicist Stephen Hawking hails gravitational wave discovery"This discovery is the first detection of a black hole binary system and the first observation of black holes merging," Hawking told BBC Ne...12 Feb, 2016, 03.06 PM IST
- Scientists detect gravitational waves for first timeAn international consortium of physicists, including those from many Indian institutions, detected gravitational waves for the first time i...12 Feb, 2016, 10.37 AM IST
- Mystery of bizarre object at the centre of our galaxy solvedA bizarre object in the centre of the Milky Way which has puzzled astronomers for years is most likely a pair of binary stars that merged t...04 Nov, 2014, 04.32 PM IST
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