News tagged with dark holes
First super-massive black holes were born 'soon' after Big Bang (w/ Video)
Astronomers believe they have discovered the origin of our universe's first super-massive black holes, which formed some 13 billion years ago.
Aug 25, 2010 |
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Square Kilometer Array: The international radio telescope for the 21st century
On 30 and 31 March a strategic international workshop on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will seek to identify the major economical and societal benefits of large-scale scientific research infrastructure investments.
Mar 30, 2010 |
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Stars Fueled by Dark Matter Could Hold Secrets to the Universe
(PhysOrg.com) -- The first stars in the universe may have been very different from the stars we see today, yet they may hold clues to understanding some of the mysterious features of the universe. These "dark ...
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Cosmic archaeology: Astrophysicists use new spectrographs to look far back into the history of the universe
(PhysOrg.com) -- The distant past of the universe is moving closer. Astronomers are using special spectrographs to investigate galaxies in the depths of the universe as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey ...
Oct 13, 2009 |
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In Search of Antimatter Galaxies
NASA's space shuttle program is winding down. With only about half a dozen more flights, shuttle crews will put the finishing touches on the International Space Station (ISS), bringing to an end twelve years ...
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Intense heat killed the Universe's would-be galaxies, researchers say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Our Milky Way galaxy only survived because it was already immersed in a large clump of dark matter which trapped gases inside it, scientists led by Durham University's Institute for Computational ...
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Computer Finds Massive Black Hole in Nearby Galaxy
Astronomers Karl Gebhardt of The University of Texas at Austin and Jens Thomas of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have used new computer modeling techniques to discover that the black ...
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Queen's astronomers propose new supernova interpretation
In a controversial new paper in the journal Nature, astronomers from Queen's University Belfast have proposed a new physical interpretation of a supernova discovered on 7th November 2008.
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Hubble: a time machine that revolutionized astronomy
The Hubble space telescope, the object of NASA's fifth and last servicing mission next week, is a veritable time machine that has revolutionized humankind's vision and comprehension of the universe.
May 10, 2009 |
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Did 'Dark Gulping' Generate Black Holes in Early Universe?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A process called ‘dark gulping’ may solve the mystery of the how supermassive black holes were able to form when the Universe was less than a billion years old.
Apr 23, 2009 |
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