What’s really hiding around Einstein’s black holes? Scientists find a new gravitational wave clue, a ringing sound that could expose their mysterious ‘hair’Scientists are exploring subtle changes in black hole ringdown signals. These gravitational wave echoes could reveal surrounding matter or ...
08 Sep, 2026, 06.07 PM IST
Why does a microwave door have a metal mesh? The tiny holes are doing something importantThe metal mesh found on microwave doors serves an essential safety role. The small perforations allow for visibility while effectively bloc...
28 Aug, 2026, 08.47 PM IST
NASA abandons attempt to rescue aging space telescope from atmospheric re-entryNASA and Katalyst Space Technologies have ended their mission to save the Swift Observatory. Persistent attitude-control failures on the Li...
21 Aug, 2026, 12.25 AM IST
Supercomputers reveal the truth about what happens near a Black HoleSupercomputers black hole research: New simulations offer unprecedented detail on how black holes consume and eject matter. Researchers use...
26 Dec, 2025, 12.54 AM 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
NASA's James Webb Telescope captures Milky Way blackhole emitting fireworks-like displayScientists are not completely sure of the origin of the flares from the blackhole Sagittarius A*, which lies at the core of the Milky Way. ...
24 Feb, 2025, 06.49 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
New study reveals rapid spin of Sagittarius A*, the galaxy's center black holeRecent research unveiled that Sagittarius A*, the colossal black hole at the galaxy's core, spins rapidly, reshaping space-time around it. ...
29 Nov, 2023, 08.18 PM IST
First-ever direct evidence of spinning Black Hole foundAstronomers have captured direct evidence of a spinning black hole for the first time, providing new insights into these cosmic phenomena. ...
01 Oct, 2023, 12.14 PM IST
Supermassive black hole sends jet pointing towards Earth after tearing apart a star, say astronomersAstronomers captured a bright flare emanating from a dying star being torn apart by a supermassive Black Hole launching relativistic jets t...
02 Dec, 2022, 01.20 AM IST
Scientists unveil image of huge black hole at Milky Way's centerProject scientists have looked for a ring of light - super-heated disrupted matter and radiation circling at tremendous speed at the edge o...
13 May, 2022, 11.23 AM 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
- 'Brightest supernova' result of giant black hole destroying star
New York, Dec 13 (IANS) An intense flare detected last year in a distant galaxy about four billion light years from Earth, considered to be...
13 Dec, 2016, 05.59 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
NASA finds evidence of serial black hole eruptionsAstronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found a supermassive black hole at the centre of a group of galaxies about 105 mill...
11 Jun, 2015, 04.38 PM IST
NASA telescope sees rare blurring of black hole lightA compact source of X-rays that sits near the black hole, called the corona, has moved closer to the black hole over a period of just days.
17 Aug, 2014, 05.26 PM IST