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Right again, Einstein! Scientists find where matter 'waterfalls' into black holes
SPACE.com· 3 days agoThe researchers utilized X-ray data collected from a range of space telescopes, including NASA's...
Study proves black holes have a ‘plunging region,’ just as Einstein predicted
CNN via AOL· 7 days agoNuSTAR is short for the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, which orbits Earth, and NICER,...
We’ve Finally Seen Matter Plunge into a Black Hole
Scientific American· 1 day agoBlack holes stretch the fabric of spacetime to its extreme—and the closer you get to one, the more warped things get. “You can be really very close to a...
After Swirling Around a Black Hole, Matter Just Falls Straight In
Universe Today· 3 days agoThe physics surrounding black holes is just plain weird. One of the paper’s authors, Dr. Andrew...
Supermassive black hole spin measured for the first time
Cosmos· 1 day agoFor the first time, astronomers have been able to determine how fast a black hole is spinning. The...
Churning spacetime and destroyed stars help reveal how fast supermassive black holes spin
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days ago...surrounded by the debris of a dead star and dragging spacetime (green grid) along with it (Image...
Astronomers Stumbled Upon A Rare Chance To Capture Just How Fast A Supermassive Black Hole Spins
Inverse· 2 days agoThere are behemoths that lurk at the center of almost all large galaxies in the known universe,...
Supermassive Black Hole’s Spin Measured For The First Time With Destroyed Star
IFLScience· 2 days agoTidal disruption events (TDEs) are bright releases of energy caused by a supermassive black hole having a snack. Part of the snack is thrown out, but the rest of the stellar plasma forms a hot ...
Using wobbling stellar material, astronomers measure the spin of a supermassive black hole for the...
Science Daily· 2 days agoThe method takes advantage of a black hole tidal disruption event -- a blazingly bright moment when a black hole exerts tides on a passing star and rips it to shreds. As the star is disrupted ...