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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 651

black holes

A supernova leaves behind a compact object in a binary system. (Courtesy: Weizmann/ESO)
January 10, 2024, 7:09 pm
Weizmann team says it can finally prove supernovae give birth to black holes
Researchers say dance between dead star and surviving companion in aftermath of explosive end, 75 million lightyears away, provides first direct evidence of elusive link
By ToI Staff
An image of the galaxy Centaurus A, released by NASA for Black Hole Week. Credit: X-ray: (IXPE): NASA/MSFC/IXPE/S. Ehlert et al.; (Chandra): NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: ESO/WFI; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J.Schmidt
May 5, 2023, 12:20 pm
NASA releases stunning visuals each day for ‘Black Hole Week’
US space agency presents animation comparing sizes of objects in solar system with the massive stars, posts images of galaxies hosting mysterious giants
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative -- Astronomers prepare their telescopes, Aug. 10, 1999 near Truro, England (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File)
October 15, 2022, 12:10 pm
Astronomers detect brightest light flash ever seen, probably from black hole’s birth
Scientists believe the burst of gamma-rays came from event that occurred 2.4 billion light years from Earth; flash has impacted long-wave radio communications in Earth’s ionosphere
By Issam Ahmed
This image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. (NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI via AP)
July 12, 2022, 7:41 pm
Dying star, dancing galaxies, stellar nurseries captured by NASA’s new telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope’s use of the infrared light spectrum allows it to see through cosmic dust and give ‘a view of the humanity that we’ve never seen before,’ says NASA
By Seth Borenstein
This image released by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, on May 12, 2022, shows a black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. (Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration via AP)
May 12, 2022, 5:18 pm
Black hole at the center of our galaxy captured on camera for the first time
Astronomers with the international consortium behind the Event Horizon Telescope say they successfully photographed the notoriously difficult to capture black hole in the Milky Way
By Seth Borenstein
Mathematical physicist Roger Penrose, June 26, 2015. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)
October 6, 2020, 4:00 pm
Scientists of Jewish heritage among trio to win Nobel prize for black hole finds
Britain’s Roger Penrose and American Andrea Ghez receive physics award along with German Reinhard Genzel for showing phenomenon predicts general theory of relativity
By AP and ToI Staff
Scientists revealed the first image ever made of a black hole after assembling data gathered by a network of radio telescopes around the world. The image was released April 10, 2019, by Event Horizon Telescope. (Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration/Maunakea Observatories via AP)
June 25, 2020, 1:27 am
‘Mystery object’ in space may be smallest black hole, or largest neutron star
Celestial body 800 million light years from Earth, detected by its gravitational waves, is around 2.6 times the weight of the Sun
By AFP
An artist's impression of the orbits of the objects in the HR 6819 triple system. This system is made up of an inner binary with one star (orbit in blue) and a newly discovered black hole (orbit in red), as well as a third star in a wider orbit (also in blue). (ESO/L. Calçada)
May 7, 2020, 2:56 am
Astronomers find closest black hole to earth, a mere 1,000 light years away
Celestial object located in double-star solar system visible to the naked eye; researcher calls discovery ‘tip of an exciting iceberg’
By Luke Tress
An extremely powerful eruption in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster, some 390 million light-years from Earth. (X-ray: NASA/CXC/Naval Research Lab/Giacintucci, S.; XMM:ESA/XMM; Radio: NCRA/TIFR/GMRTN; Infrared: 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF)
February 28, 2020, 5:02 pm
Astronomers discover biggest known explosion in the history of the universe
Cosmic blast in galaxy cluster some 390 million light years from earth opened a gas crater the size of 15 Milky Way galaxies
By Luke Tress
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