Real shooting stars exist, but they aren't the streaks you see in a clear night sky
"I see thy glory like a shooting star."
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News tagged with binary black holes
Study shows what happens to apparent horizons when binary black holes merge
Binary black hole mergers are fascinating cosmological events, which have been theorized to be the among the strongest sources of gravitational waves in the universe. While astrophysicists have carried out extensive research ...
Indian astronomers investigate X-ray binary GRS 1915+105
Using the AstroSat spacecraft, astronomers from India have observed an X-ray binary system known as GRS 1915+105. The satellite allowed the researchers to conduct a comprehensive study of this object, yielding essential information ...
Blackhole with warped accretion disc discovered
An international team of astrophysicists from South Africa, the UK, France and the US have found large variations in the brightness of light seen from around one of the closest black holes in our Galaxy, 9,600 light-years ...
Astronomy
Oct 27, 2021
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Black hole simulations provide blueprint for future observations
Astronomers continue to develop computer simulations to help future observatories better home in on black holes, the most elusive inhabitants of the universe.
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May 27, 2021
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Quasi-periodic oscillation detected in Cygnus X-1
Using the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), astronomers from Shanghai Astronomical Observatory in China have detected a low frequency, quasi-periodic oscillation in a black hole high mass X-ray binary known as Cygnus ...
Chinese astronomers investigate black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1820+070
Astronomers from China have performed a comprehensive multiwavelength monitoring of a low-mass black hole X-ray binary system known as MAXI J1820+070. Results of this study, published April 21 on the arXiv pre-print repository, ...
Embry-Riddle alumna helps unravel key mysteries of rare stars
Within the constellation Cygnus, an elderly star and its massive companion are having one last hurrah, flinging off mass at an incredible rate before they explode as supernovae and collapse into a black hole.
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Feb 9, 2021
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Researchers reveal the origins of merging black holes
Over the past five years, astronomy has been revolutionised as scientists have used ripples in the fabric of spacetime, called gravitational waves, to reveal the secrets of the previously hidden world of black holes. Gravitational ...
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Oct 29, 2020
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Black hole 'family portrait' is most detailed to date
An international research collaboration including Northwestern University astronomers has produced the most detailed family portrait of black holes to date, offering new clues as to how black holes form. An intense analysis ...
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Oct 29, 2020
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