Effort to image black hole, a chance to rule on Einstein
Being an astrophysicist and father of two is no easy task. Just ask Dimitrios Psaltis.
Astronomy
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Did LIGO detect black holes or gravastars?
After the first direct detection of gravitational waves that was announced last February by the LIGO Scientific Collaboration and made news all over the world, Luciano Rezzolla (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany) and Cecilia ...
Astronomy
Oct 19, 2016
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How to merge two black holes in a simple way
The merger of two black holes, such as the one which produced the gravitational waves discovered by the LIGO Observatory, is considered an extremely complex process that can only be simulated by the world's most powerful ...
General Physics
Sep 26, 2016
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Twin jets pinpoint the heart of an active galaxy
An international team of astronomers has measured the magnetic field in the vicinity of a supermassive black hole. A bright and compact feature of only 2 light days in size was directly observed by a world-wide ensemble of ...
Astronomy
Sep 19, 2016
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How cold are black holes?
The very idea that a black hole could have a temperature strains the imagination. I mean, how can something that absorbs all the matter and energy that falls into it have a temperature? When you feel the warmth of a toasty ...
Space Exploration
Sep 5, 2016
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The hot problem of black hole firewalls
For the last four years, physicists studying the mathematical underpinnings of black holes have been wrestling with a strange idea: that black holes contain a region known as a "firewall," which utterly annihilates matter ...
Astronomy
Apr 14, 2016
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Image: Computer simulation of a supermassive black hole
This computer-simulated image shows a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy. The black region in the center represents the black hole's event horizon, where no light can escape the massive object's gravitational ...
Astronomy
Apr 7, 2016
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Five-dimensional black hole could 'break' general relativity
Researchers have shown how a bizarrely shaped black hole could cause Einstein's general theory of relativity, a foundation of modern physics, to break down. However, such an object could only exist in a universe with five ...
General Physics
Feb 18, 2016
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If you're going to fall into a black hole, make sure it's rotating
It's no secret that black holes are objects to be avoided, were you to plot yourself a trip across the galaxy. Get too close to one and you'd find your ship hopelessly caught sliding down a gravitational slippery slope toward ...
Astronomy
Feb 17, 2016
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What would happen if Earth fell into a black hole?
Black holes have long been a source of much excitement and intrigue. And interest regarding black holes will surely grow now that gravitational waves have been discovered.
Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2016
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