Quote of the Day by Albert Einstein: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Inspiring quote on perspective, gratitude, positivity, and why seeing miracle in everyday life is important by the theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize–winning scientistQuote of the Day by Albert Einstein: A profound reflection by Albert Einstein highlights the power of perception in shaping human experienc...
08 May, 2026, 05.53 PM IST
Quote of the Day by Stephen Hawking: “The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities” — What legendary physicist revealed about time, reality, memory and why nothing in life is constantStephen Hawking’s quote, “The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities,” challenges the traditio...
08 May, 2026, 05.23 PM IST
Intergalactic predators? James Webb data hints supermassive black holes may act like cosmic killers, preventing star birth in distant galaxiesNew research reveals that active supermassive black holes can suppress star formation in neighboring galaxies across vast intergalactic dis...
26 Feb, 2026, 11.58 AM IST
How Giant Stars May Create the Supermassive Black Holes at the Centres of GalaxiesAstronomers are rethinking how supermassive black holes formed so quickly after the Big Bang. New evidence suggests that either giant stars...
12 Feb, 2026, 04.09 PM IST
NASA spots unexpected X-ray polarization in ‘Heartbeat’ black hole, hinting at extreme cosmic winds or rapid plasma jetsAstronomers are intrigued by a black hole named IGR J17091-3624. It is located 28,000 light-years away. NASA's IXPE observed its rhythmic b...
24 Aug, 2025, 01.40 PM IST
The biggest explosion since the Big Bang; Star ripped apart by a Black Hole unleashes history’s most powerful and brightest known explosionAstronomers have spotted a new type of cosmic explosion. These are called Extreme Nuclear Transients or ENTs. These events occur when stars...
09 Jun, 2025, 07.55 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
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
700 million Suns’ worth of power fired at Earth and it could destroy us? Here's what we knowAstronomers have uncovered the most distant blazar ever discovered, a supermassive black hole with a mass of 700 million suns, located 12.9...
17 Jan, 2025, 09.05 PM IST
What is Intermediate-Mass Black Hole? Hubble Space Telescope helps astronomers discover it. Details hereAstronomers have found evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH) in the Milky Way's Omega Centauri cluster using the Hubble Space ...
13 Jul, 2024, 02.38 AM IST
Cosmic tale: How primordial clouds might rewrite black hole historyThe discovery of UHZ-1, a powerful quasar from 13.2 billion years ago, challenges conventional theories about the formation of supermassive...
31 Dec, 2023, 12.02 PM IST
Fastest growing black hole of the universe discoveredThe astronomers have looked back more than 12 billion years to the early dark ages of the universe, when this supermassive black hole was e...
16 May, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
- Black hole found producing fuel for star formation
New York, Feb 15 (IANS) In a surprising discovery, astronomers have observed a black hole producing cold, star-making fuel from hot plasma ...
17 Feb, 2017, 03.16 AM 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
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