#How ‘gravitational waves’ will change astronomy as we know it

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“#How ‘gravitational waves’ will change astronomy as we know it” Supermassive objects such as black holes and neutron stars warp spacetime around them, and interactions between these bodies can result in the formation of gravitational waves, similar to ripples in a pond. However, these waves, postulated more than 100 years ago, cannot be seen directly…

#New physics theory postulates the existence of SLABs: Stupendously Large Black Holes

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“#New physics theory postulates the existence of SLABs: Stupendously Large Black Holes” At the center of the Milky Way lies the biggest object we can be sure exists: a supermassive black hole (SMBH) four million times more massive than the sun. Physicists believe these huge singularities can reach even greater sizes if they’ve eaten a…

#Astronomers just detected the oldest and most distant quasar ever

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“#Astronomers just detected the oldest and most distant quasar ever” More than 13 billion light years from Earth, the quasar J0313–1806 radiates vast quantities of electromagnetic radiation. This body, formed just 670 million years after the Big Bang, is seen shining with 1000 times the total light produced by the Milky Way Galaxy. The supermassive…

#Black holes at the center of 2020 Nobel Prize in physics — astrophysicist explains why it’s a big deal

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“#Black holes at the center of 2020 Nobel Prize in physics — astrophysicist explains why it’s a big deal” Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious objects in nature. They warp space and time in extreme ways and contain a mathematical impossibility, a singularity – an infinitely hot and dense object within. But if black…

#6 galactic galaxies orbiting a black hole could help answer a cosmic mystery

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“#6 galactic galaxies orbiting a black hole could help answer a cosmic mystery” ESOAstronomers at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) recently found six galaxies orbiting a black hole in the ancient Universe. The galaxies orbiting this supermassive black hole (SMBH) are seen as they appeared when the Universe was just 900 million years old. This…

#The first black hole ever photographed gets a glam up — it’s now glittering

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“#The first black hole ever photographed gets a glam up — it’s now glittering” So you like TNW? Then join our upcoming online event, TNW2020 on October 1 & 2, you don’t want to miss it. The M 87 black hole, the first body of its type ever photographed by astronomers at the Earth Horizon…