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XL-Calibur telescope set for balloon flight from A | Newswise
Newswise· 3 days agoScientists from Washington University in St. Louis are preparing to launch a balloon-borne telescope...
We’ve Finally Seen Matter Plunge into a Black Hole
Scientific American· 3 days 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...
Hundreds of Huge Stars Disappeared From The Sky. We May Finally Know Why.
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMeanwhile, the star's core, no longer supported by the outward pressure of fusion, collapses under...
After Swirling Around a Black Hole, Matter Just Falls Straight In
Universe Today· 5 days agoThe physics surrounding black holes is just plain weird. One of the paper’s authors, Dr. Andrew...
The 'Star Trek: Discovery' Series Finale Features Ridiculously Weird But Real Physics
Inverse· 2 days agoIn the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Discovery, gravity is a major plot point. The Discovery...
Study proves black holes have a ‘plunging region,’ just as Einstein predicted
AccuWeather· 6 days agoNASA’s space-based NuSTAR telescope, seen here in an artist’s concept, was used for the first time...
Scientists Attempt to Explain Why Hundreds of Stars Disappeared From Night Sky
Futurism via Yahoo News· 3 days agoStars shouldn't just disappear from the night sky without a trace. They should either fluctuate in...
First proof that 'plunging regions' exist around black holes in space
Phys.org· 12 hours agoAn international team led by researchers at Oxford University Physics have proved Einstein was correct about a key prediction concerning black holes. Using X-ray data to test Einstein's theory ...
Cosmic Leap: NASA Swift Satellite and AI Unravel t | Newswise
Newswise· 3 days agoTwo recent studies led by Maria Dainotti, a visiting professor with UNLV’s Nevada Center for...
Using wobbling stellar material, astronomers measure the spin of a supermassive black hole for the...
Science Daily· 4 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 ...