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First 'dormant' stellar black hole discovered by debunking team
AFP, Published on 19/07/2022
» PARIS: A team of astrophysicists known for debunking previous supposed black holes announced a discovery of their own on Monday: the first "dormant" stellar-mass black hole spotted orbiting a star in a nearby galaxy.
Famous black hole gets a massive update
Published on 19/02/2021
» NEW YORK: One of the biggest and first known black holes in the Milky Way galaxy is more massive than astronomers thought, a team of scientists announced on Thursday.
Scientists detect mysterious 'intermediate mass' black hole
AFP, Published on 03/09/2020
» PARIS: Scientists announced on Wednesday the discovery of a black hole -- the oldest ever detected -- that should not even exist according to the current understanding of the cosmic monsters, so dense not even light can escape their gravitational pull.
Fiery food trends in 2019
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 20/12/2019
» Over the past 12 months, Thailand's food scene has been dominated by a few noteworthy culinary movements. Some are ongoing trends while others are revolutionary.
Scientists discover huge black hole
Gary Boyle, Published on 28/11/2019
» BEIJING - Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way so huge that it challenges existing models of how stars evolve, researchers said Thursday.
Scientists spot black hole so huge it 'shouldn't even exist' in our galaxy
AFP, Published on 28/11/2019
» BEIJING - Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way so huge that it challenges existing models of how stars evolve, researchers said Thursday.
Gravitational waves, dark matter eyed for Nobel Physics Prize
AFP, Published on 04/10/2016
» STOCKHOLM - Scientists behind the groundbreaking discoveries of gravitational waves and the existence of dark matter are seen as potential favourites for Tuesday's announcement of the Nobel Physics Prize.
Desert telescope stakes out supermassive black hole
AFP, Published on 16/06/2016
» PARIS - First postulated more than 230 years ago, black holes have been extensively researched, frequently depicted, even featured in sci-fi films.
Einstein was right! Gravitational waves detected
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/02/2016
» Scientists are calling the detection of gravitational waves, confirming Einstein's 100-year-old theory, as being as important as Galileo's invention of the telescope.
Hungry black hole wakes up for a planet-sized snack
AFP, Published on 02/04/2013
» Astrophysicists have witnessed the rare event of a black hole awakening from its slumber to snack on a planet-sized object in a galaxy 47 million light years away, the University of Geneva said Tuesday.