“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commissions or revenue on some items through these links.” After reading this story you will learn: For half a century, scientists have been researching ways to solve the black hole information paradox, the idea that when a black hole is evaporated by Hawking radiation, the information inside disappears, violating … Read more
When the first gravitational waves (GW) were detected in 2015, scientists said they had opened a new window into the universe. Most of astronomy is based on detecting electromagnetic energy, but GW is different. They are ripples in spacetime predicted by Einstein. Using GW detectors, it is now possible to detect mergers between black holes … Read more
A bear was recently spotted in the Durham area. The Fenn family’s blink camera captured the incident near Sandy Creek Park. It appears to be a black bear, a species that is increasingly entering the Triangle. “I’m glad he didn’t break in, that was my first thought!” Feng Xinyu said. “It detects movement of people, … Read more
Astronomers observed jets ejected from a black hole cannibalizing a blue supergiant’s companion star. Using data from the Square Kilometer Array Observatory (SKA) radio telescope, the research team was able to measure the power of these explosions, which turned out to be as powerful as the output of 10,000 suns. This could help reveal how … Read more
Researchers have discovered that black holes that formed before the Big Bang may still exist today as surviving relics. These ancient objects carry mass and structure from early cosmic stages and will provide new ways to explain how galaxies formed and why invisible matter dominates them. Within this framework, relic black holes do … Read more
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said residents in Clinton were surprised when a black bear was spotted multiple times over the weekend wandering around backyards and climbing fences. Bill Miley, a Clinton resident, spotted the bear on his surveillance camera Friday night. “I said, ‘Look at this person, Susan, come here,’” Miley … Read more
New research by Professor Enrique Gaztanaga of the University of Portsmouth and the Institute of Space Sciences in Barcelona suggests that some black holes formed before the Big Bang and survived the cosmic ‘bounce’, potentially explaining dark matter, the gravitational wave background, and the early growth of supermassive black holes and galaxies. Gaztanaga proposes a … Read more
Black holes don’t just swallow matter. It can also fire powerful jets that shape the space around it. A new study measured the strength of these jets in real time, giving scientists one of the clearest tests yet of long-held ideas about how black holes affect the wider universe. The research was led … Read more
Black holes have long been associated with inconsistencies and limitations in known physics, particularly regarding how black holes interact with their environment. One such interaction involves tidal forces, the gravitational effects exerted by nearby objects, and is commonly used to investigate the internal structure of celestial bodies. For decades, scientists have relied on a quantity … Read more
In 2014, a strange cloudy object called G2 approached Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Astronomers were pretty excited, in part because they thought Sag A*’s intense gravity might tear it apart. That didn’t happen, and the event became a cosmic uproar. G2 survived the flyby by skipping … Read more