A hidden black hole stayed invisible until it destroyed a passing star, revealing a cosmic mysteryAstronomers have identified a dormant supermassive black hole far from its galaxy's center. This hidden object revealed itself by tearing a...
07 Aug, 2026, 05.37 AM IST
Researchers finally found evidence from a region in Space where nothing is supposed to escapeA historic black hole discovery is changing how scientists explore the universe. Researchers have detected possible fingerprints of a black...
26 Jun, 2026, 12.13 AM IST
For the first time, researchers reached a region near a Black Hole once beyond studyA powerful black hole collision has opened a new chapter in space science. Scientists used the loudest gravitational wave signal ever detec...
25 Jun, 2026, 11.19 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
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
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
- Massive black holes might lurk on edge of Milky Way
New York, Oct 31 (IANS) The outskirts of spiral galaxies like our own could be crowded with colliding black holes of massive proportions, s...
31 Oct, 2017, 04.22 PM IST
India played a key role in big neutron bashThe detection of gravitational waves has produced a burst of activity around the world have increased investment in gravitational astronomy.
18 Oct, 2017, 01.20 AM IST
- Astronomers spot elusive giant black hole couples
Washington, Oct 4 (IANS) Astronomers including one of Indian-origin have identified five pairs of supermassive black holes, each containing...
04 Oct, 2017, 11.52 AM 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
LIGO detects gravitational waves for third timeThe finding confirms predictions made by the general theory of relativity which German scientist Albert Einstein formulated over 100 years ...
02 Jun, 2017, 01.08 PM IST
LIGO back online, set to detect more gravitational wavesResearchers have made enhancements to LIGO's lasers, electronics, and optics and have increased the observatory's sensitivity by 10 to 25 p...
05 Dec, 2016, 01.30 PM IST
Hundreds of undiscovered black holes spotted in star clusterGlobular clusters are spherical collections of stars which orbit around a galactic centre such as our Milky-way galaxy.
08 Sep, 2016, 02.18 PM IST
Second largest black hole detected in Milky WayThe team found this mysterious feature with two radio telescopes, the Nobeyama 45m Radio Telescope in Japan and the ASTE Telescope in Chile.
17 Jan, 2016, 03.54 PM IST
Black holes could grow as large as 50 billion Suns: StudyThe study suggests that without a disc, the black hole would stop growing, meaning 50 billion Suns would roughly be the upper limit.
20 Dec, 2015, 02.52 PM IST