Strange ‘space laser’ from early universe detected on Earth: Scientists explain why this signal should not existAstronomers have detected an unusually powerful “space laser” signal from about 8 billion light-years away using the MeerKAT radio telescop...
13 Apr, 2026, 06.14 PM IST
A black hole event has revealed a truth physicists long suspected: Einstein and Hawking were rightScientists have confirmed century-old predictions by Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking after observing two black holes colliding about a ...
14 Sep, 2025, 10.14 PM IST
Black hole 36 billion times Sun’s mass discovered, likely the biggest ever in spaceScientists have spotted a giant black hole. It is 36 billion times the mass of our Sun. This black hole resides 5 billion light-years away....
08 Aug, 2025, 02.24 PM IST
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
Astronomers witness supermassive black hole tear star apart during violent galactic collision—here’s what exactly happened in this rare tidal disruption eventBlack hole rips apart star in a once-in-a-lifetime event called AT 2022wtn, spotted 700 million light-years away during a rare galactic col...
30 May, 2025, 11.24 PM IST
First-ever cosmic duel caught: One galaxy blasted another in deep space battle 11 billion light-years awayAstronomers have observed a "cosmic joust" between two galaxies colliding at immense speed over 11 billion light-years away. The collision ...
25 May, 2025, 04.00 PM IST
Supermassive black hole, 6,00,000 times the mass of Sun, is heading towards the Milky Way. When is the collision likely to happen?Astronomers have found a supermassive black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This black hole is 600,000 times the mass of the Sun. The L...
14 Feb, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
Decoding Supermassive Black Holes: New Findings on Their Spin and GrowthRecent research suggests that supermassive black holes' spin rates, linked to their formation history, indicate growth primarily through st...
22 Jan, 2025, 12.28 AM IST
India's AstroSat and NASA's Space observatories capture dramatic eruptions from stellar wreckage around a massive black holeIndian and American astronomers have observed a rare event where a massive black hole is tearing apart a star and using the debris to pumme...
10 Oct, 2024, 11.20 PM IST
NASA's James Webb Telescope discovers distant and active supermassive black holeNASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the most distant-known active supermassive black hole, located in galaxy CEERS 1019. Recently...
11 Jul, 2023, 12.49 PM 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
- Supermassive black holes can form tightly bound pairs: Study
Pune, 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
Milky Way dotted with 100 million black holes: StudyScientists assume most stellar-remnant black holes - which result from the collapse of massive stars at the end of their lives - will be ab...
09 Aug, 2017, 03.25 PM IST
- New method may detect 10 black holes per year
Toronto, Dec 16 (IANS) With the help of a new method, researchers can detect roughly 10 black holes per year -- doubling the number current...
16 Dec, 2016, 12.52 PM IST
Gravitational waves can tell how black holes are bornThe study combined simulations which aims to create a realistic simulation of the known universe with a model to calculate gravitational wa...
27 Jun, 2016, 01.24 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
Indian scientist, Dr Manda Banerji discovers giant supermassive black holesCambridge researchers, led by an Indian-origin scientist, have discovered a new population of enormous, rapidly growing supermassive black ...
09 Oct, 2012, 10.49 PM IST