According to a new study, astronomers in 2015 could be able to detect hundreds of black holes. Scientists from the Cardiff University plan to power on two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory, or LIGO, in order to collect gravitational waves created by the collision of black holes millions of years in the past. The detectors from LIGO might be able to help us … [Read more...]
NASA’S WISE suggests unified Doughnut theory insufficient to decipher black holes
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has surveyed more than 170,000 supermassive black holes and found that the galaxies whose black holes are hidden from view tend to be clumped together. With the new finding, the astronomers are reexamining a decades-old theory about the varying appearances of these interstellar objects. The unified theory of active supermassive black holes, … [Read more...]
Supermassive Black Holes were born big and weighty
A new study has found that the gigantic black holes in the hearts of galaxies were apparently born big and surprisingly they were more weighty than earlier thought. The study says, the black holes found in dwarf and large galaxies including Milky Way contain 1,000 to 10,000 times the mass of the sun. The new findings have challenged the one popular theory of supermassive black hole … [Read more...]
Gravitational lens Gamma-ray study made by NASA’s Fermi
First ever gamma ray measurements of a gravitational lens were made by an international team of astronomers using NASA's Fermi observatory. This paved away a new path for future research, including a novel way to probe emission regions near supermassive black holes. The probability of finding more gravitational lenses also increases now. A gravitational lens refers to a distribution of plates … [Read more...]