One of the basic truisms in astronomy is that, when a massive star ends its life, it goes out with a bang. A big one. A supernova.… Read more “Astronomers may have seen a star collapse directly to a black hole”
Category: Black Holes
Mysterious alignment of black holes
Deep radio imaging by researchers in the University of Cape Town and University of the Western Cape, in South Africa, has revealed that supermassive black holes in… Read more “Mysterious alignment of black holes”
Black hole blast
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Hertfordshire/M.Hardcastle et al., Radio: CSIRO/ATNF/ATCA The Pictor A galaxy has a supermassive black hole at its center, and material falling onto the black… Read more “Black hole blast”
