Astronomers are trying to take first picture of black hole at centre of our galaxy
7 years, 11 months ago

Astronomers are trying to take first picture of black hole at centre of our galaxy

India Today  

The black hole at the centre of our galaxy is impossible to spot. Despite giving the theory of general relativity which helped predict them the black hole more than 100 years ago, Albert Einstein almost didn't believe they were real. The effort to picture the large black hole at the centre of our galaxy: A team of 120 astronomers will, on Wednesday night, working at eight observatories across 4 continents will carry out a unique, extraordinary effort - to image the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy. Absurdly, all these activities make the black hole one of the brightest things in the Milky Way, and further hides the darkness inside. If scientists want to see the event horizon itself, they can't simply study the black hole in visible light wavelengths, since they are lost in the disorder of black mass.

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NASA telescope captures the most detailed glimpse yet of the black hole in the middle of our galaxy
1 month ago

NASA telescope captures the most detailed glimpse yet of the black hole in the middle of our galaxy

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Scientists announced Tuesday that the telescope had given scientists the longest and most detailed glimpse thus far …

Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole
1 month, 1 week ago

Webb telescope observes violence around Milky Way's central black hole

The Hindu  

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is providing the best look yet at the chaotic events unfolding around the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, observing a steady flickering of light punctuated by occasional bright flares as material is drawn inward by its enormous gravitational pull. "The accretion disk is a very chaotic region filled with …

Astronomers build galaxy-sized ‘detector’ to map universe’s vibrations
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Astronomers build galaxy-sized ‘detector’ to map universe’s vibrations

The Hindu  

Using the largest gravitational wave detector ever made, we have confirmed earlier reports that the fabric of the universe is constantly vibrating. The results from our detector – an array of rapidly spinning neutron stars spread across the galaxy – show this “gravitational wave background” may be louder than previously thought. One of the only ways to study black holes …

There could be planets around the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, scientists say
3 months ago

There could be planets around the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, scientists say

The Independent  

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There could be planets around the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, scientists say
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3 months, 1 week ago

There could be planets around the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, scientists say

The Independent  

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Famous picture of black hole in our galaxy might not be accurate, research says
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Famous picture of black hole in our galaxy might not be accurate, research says

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The famous first picture of the supermassive black hole at the heart of …

Astronomers detect Milky Way black hole with mass 33 times that of the Sun
11 months, 1 week ago

Astronomers detect Milky Way black hole with mass 33 times that of the Sun

ABC  

In short: Scientists have discovered the largest stellar black hole known to be in the Milky Way. Gaia BH3 discovered through its companion star This black hole was identified because it caused a wobbling motion in its companion star — something observed as part of the European Space Agency's Gaia mission. The black hole, called Gaia BH3, and its companion …

Mapping the universe: Scientists create the largest EVER chart of active supermassive black holes - featuring over one million voids
1 year ago

Mapping the universe: Scientists create the largest EVER chart of active supermassive black holes - featuring over one million voids

Daily Mail  

They're probably the most feared objects in the universe – huge concentrations of tightly-packed matter that can gobble up entire planets. The new map specifically shows 'quasars' – supermassive black holes that are actively feeding on material and emit electromagnetic radiation, becoming incredibly bright and luminous. An infographic explaining the creation of a new map of around 1.3 million quasars …

Nasa’s James Webb telescope captures new details of Milky Way galaxy
1 year, 4 months ago

Nasa’s James Webb telescope captures new details of Milky Way galaxy

Live Mint  

Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a colourful image of the centre of the Milky Way galaxy, revealing never-before-seen details that astronomers have yet to explain. In the images, Milky Way’s dense core can be seen in a new light with an estimated 500,000 glittering stars. The region captured by the NIRCam instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope …

Unexplained structures detected at heart of Milky Way in new James Webb Space Telescope image
1 year, 4 months ago

Unexplained structures detected at heart of Milky Way in new James Webb Space Telescope image

Salon  

A new photo from the James Webb Space Telescope of the deep center of the Milky Way highlights never-before-features that have yet to be scientifically explained. Specifically, JWST narrowed in on the region called Sagittarius C, which is about 300 light-years away from Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center. Astronomers say the level of resolution …

Black Hole at Heart of Our Galaxy Is on Crash Course, Space-Time Ripples Reveal
1 year, 8 months ago

Black Hole at Heart of Our Galaxy Is on Crash Course, Space-Time Ripples Reveal

Live Mint  

Supermassive black holes all over the universe are merging, a fate that will eventually come for the black hole at the center of our galaxy. “The Milky Way galaxy is on a collision course with the Andromeda galaxy, and in about 4.5 billion years, the two galaxies are set to merge,” said Joseph Simon, a University of Colorado, Boulder, astrophysicist …

Our galaxy's black hole not as sleepy as thought: astronomers
1 year, 9 months ago

Our galaxy's black hole not as sleepy as thought: astronomers

The Hindu  

The supermassive black hole lurking at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy is not as dormant as had been thought, a new study shows. The supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* -- abbreviated to Sgr A* -- is four million times more massive than the Sun. Sgr A* has "always been seen as a dormant black hole," said Frederic Marin, …

New image reveals violent events near a supermassive black hole
1 year, 10 months ago

New image reveals violent events near a supermassive black hole

The Hindu  

Expanding upon the historic first images of black holes, scientists on Wednesday unveiled the first picture showing the violent events unfolding around one of these ravenous cosmic behemoths, including the launching point of a colossal jet of high-energy particles shooting outward into space. The supermassive black hole pictured resides at the center of a relatively nearby galaxy called Messier 87, …

Scientists release improved new image of first black hole ever seen
1 year, 11 months ago

Scientists release improved new image of first black hole ever seen

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That data was used to create an image of the black hole, which appeared as a “fuzzy, …

First image of a black hole gets a makeover with AI
1 year, 11 months ago

First image of a black hole gets a makeover with AI

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first image of a …

First image of a black hole looks sharper after AI makeover
1 year, 11 months ago

First image of a black hole looks sharper after AI makeover

LA Times  

Images of the enormous black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy in 2019, left, and in 2023. The first image of a black hole captured four years ago revealed a fuzzy, fiery doughnut-shaped object. The image released in 2019 gave a peek at the enormous black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy, 53 million light years …

Space telescope spots massive galaxies near cosmic dawn and blows astronomers’ minds
2 years, 1 month ago

Space telescope spots massive galaxies near cosmic dawn and blows astronomers’ minds

LA Times  

This image from NASA and the European Space Agency shows images of six candidate massive galaxies, seen 500 to 800 million years after the big bang. Astronomers have discovered what appear to be massive galaxies dating back to within 600 million years of the big bang, suggesting the early universe may have had a stellar fast-track that produced these “monsters.” …

Scientists to record first video of black hole, already tried making a movie
2 years, 10 months ago

Scientists to record first video of black hole, already tried making a movie

India Today  

The Event Horizon Telescope, a global network of telescopes that comes together every few years to reveal the darkest corner of our universe is setting its eyes on a new mission. While taking snapshots of the black hole is difficult thanks to the massive distance, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is 27,000 …

Watch | What a black hole looks like
2 years, 10 months ago

Watch | What a black hole looks like

The Hindu  

Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope facility, a collaboration of over 300 researchers, revealed the first image of the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy. The black hole, called Sagittarius A*, is four million times the mass of our Sun and is 27,000 light years from us. Astronomers have called this “the first direct image of …

The Milky Way’s dark centre - The Hindu
2 years, 10 months ago

The Milky Way’s dark centre - The Hindu

The Hindu  

In 2020, Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel were given the Nobel prize for showing that there existed, at the centre of the Milky Way, an extremely heavy, invisible object that pulls masses towards it and causes them to speed up enormously. Using this technique, the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration had, in 2019, imaged a region called M87*, the black hole …

Explained: What are supermassive black holes, the one which was photographed at the centre of The Milky Way
2 years, 10 months ago

Explained: What are supermassive black holes, the one which was photographed at the centre of The Milky Way

Firstpost  

Astronomers have captured the image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way for the first time. Stellar black holes grow by taking control of other stars or merging with other black holes and becoming a supermassive black hole. A supermassive black hole can have masses equal to billions of suns, so the one that …

How do you photograph a black hole at centre of our galaxy? You make an Earth-sized telescope
2 years, 10 months ago

How do you photograph a black hole at centre of our galaxy? You make an Earth-sized telescope

India Today  

It was in 2019 that the Event Horizon Telescope showed the world what a dark void over 100 times the mass of the Sun looks like. HOW DOES THE EVENT HORIZON TELESCOPE SEE BLACK HOLES? A GLOBAL COLLABORATION The blurred yet revealing image of the black hole at the centre of our own galaxy was made possible by a massive …

Q&A: She discovered the black hole at the center of our galaxy. This week, she finally saw it
2 years, 10 months ago

Q&A: She discovered the black hole at the center of our galaxy. This week, she finally saw it

LA Times  

The supermassive black hole on the left is at the center of the Messier 87 galaxy. Feryal Özel, a University of Arizona astronomer and founding member of the EHT consortium, said that seeing the black hole’s image was like finally meeting in real life a person you’ve only interacted with online. Though she wasn’t involved with the EHT project, she …

Astronomers capture the first-ever image of our own galaxy's supermassive black hole
2 years, 10 months ago

Astronomers capture the first-ever image of our own galaxy's supermassive black hole

Salon  

As one might imagine of a massive, collapsed star within which the laws of physics seemingly break down, black holes occupy a special place in human culture — spurring all kinds of creative science fiction, creative real physics theories, and creative metaphors. RELATED: Astronomers see a big boom when a black hole's magnetic field suddenly flips over "Although we cannot …

Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way’s huge black hole
2 years, 10 months ago

Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way’s huge black hole

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The world’s first image of the chaotic supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy doesn’t portray a voracious cosmic destroyer but what astronomers Thursday called a “gentle giant” on a near-starvation diet. Black holes gobble up galactic material but Ozel said this one is “eating very little.” It’s the equivalent to a person eating …

Astronomers reveal first image of black hole at the heart of Milky Way galaxy
2 years, 10 months ago

Astronomers reveal first image of black hole at the heart of Milky Way galaxy

The Hindu  

Scientists from the Event Horizon Telescope facility, a collaboration of over 300 researchers, revealed the first image of the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way in press conferences held around the world. In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope made history by releasing the first ever image of a black hole M87* – the black hole at the …

First image of supermassive black hole at centre of Milky Way galaxy revealed
2 years, 10 months ago

First image of supermassive black hole at centre of Milky Way galaxy revealed

India TV News  

Highlights Global team of radio astronomers reveals first image of supermassive black hole The supermassive black hole has been found at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy The results are being published in a special issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters A global team of radio astronomers have on Thursday unveiled the first image of the supermassive black hole …

Scientists get never-before-seen look at supermassive black hole in our galaxy – and find unknown star nearby
3 years, 3 months ago

Scientists get never-before-seen look at supermassive black hole in our galaxy – and find unknown star nearby

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have taken an unprecedented look at the supermassive black hole in our …

Massive Black Hole Near Our Milky Way Galaxy Discovered by Scientists
3 years, 3 months ago

Massive Black Hole Near Our Milky Way Galaxy Discovered by Scientists

News 18  

The McDonald Observatory at The University of Texas, Austin has detected an unusually big black hole at the centre of one of the Milky Way's dwarf satellite galaxies. The newly discovered black hole – named Leo I – is around the same size as the Milky Way's suspected black hole. In a statement, UT astronomer Karl Gebhardt, co-author of the …

Astronomers snap detailed image of plasma jet blasting from supermassive black hole
3 years, 8 months ago

Astronomers snap detailed image of plasma jet blasting from supermassive black hole

ABC  

In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope made history when it captured the very first image of a supermassive black hole in the M87 galaxy. Key points: The Event Horizon Telescope has captured images of a supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy The images reveal plasma being launched from the black hole in extraordinary detail The jet's features are similar …

Astronomers capture image of the magnetic field around M87's black hole
4 years ago

Astronomers capture image of the magnetic field around M87's black hole

Firstpost  

The astronomers who gave the world its first true glimpse of a black hole have produced another landmark image, this time capturing the polarised light swirling around the same star-eating monster’s magnetic fields. “Activity in this very compact region of space can drive powerful jets that extend far beyond the galaxy.” After releasing the historic image of the supermassive black …

Mystery Around 'Missing' Supermassive Blackhole Deepens, Here's What We Know So Far
4 years, 3 months ago

Mystery Around 'Missing' Supermassive Blackhole Deepens, Here's What We Know So Far

News 18  

A supermassive black hole in the universe remains to be undetected by scientists at NASA and the experts are coming up with new explanations so as to why such a huge structure is not getting discovered even with technological advances. According to NASA, nearly every large galaxy in the universe has been found to have a supermassive black hole in …

Race to find black hole at the center of the Milky Way nets Nobel Prize in physics
4 years, 5 months ago

Race to find black hole at the center of the Milky Way nets Nobel Prize in physics

LA Times  

Two groups of scientists have been locked in a competition to prove the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, seen above from the ESO Observatory in Chile. It began as a high-stakes race to peer across 26,000 light years of space and find evidence of a supermassive black hole at the center of …

Astronomers saw a star dancing around a black hole. And it proves Einstein’s theory was right
4 years, 11 months ago

Astronomers saw a star dancing around a black hole. And it proves Einstein’s theory was right

CNN  

CNN — For the first time, astronomers have observed a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. “Einstein’s general relativity predicts that bound orbits of one object around another are not closed, as in Newtonian gravity, but precess forwards in the plane of motion,” said Reinhard Genzel, in a statement. The same team …

The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole is feasting
5 years, 6 months ago

The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole is feasting

CNN  

CNN — Earlier this year, astronomers were surprised to spot “unprecedented” changes in the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. “We have never seen anything like this in the 24 years we have studied the supermassive black hole,” said Andrea Ghez, UCLA professor of physics and astronomy and co-senior study author. “The big question is whether the …

How scientists created the first ever image of a black hole
5 years, 11 months ago

How scientists created the first ever image of a black hole

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. If you needed to see to believe, then thank the Event Horizon Telescope, which recently …

First ever photo of black hole revealed by astronomers, changing our understanding of the entire universe
5 years, 11 months ago

First ever photo of black hole revealed by astronomers, changing our understanding of the entire universe

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We have seen and taken a picture of a black hole.” Jessica Dempsey, a co-discoverer from the …

Science fact: Astronomers reveal first image of a black hole
5 years, 11 months ago

Science fact: Astronomers reveal first image of a black hole

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Humanity got its first glimpse Wednesday of the cosmic place of no return: a black hole. The image, assembled from data gathered by eight radio telescopes around the world, shows light and gas swirling around the lip of a supermassive black hole, a monster of the universe whose existence was theorized by Einstein more than a century ago …

Black hole image: Scientists reveal first ever photo from Event Horizon telescope – as it happened
5 years, 11 months ago

Black hole image: Scientists reveal first ever photo from Event Horizon telescope – as it happened

The Independent  

✕ Close Scientists unveil first ever picture of black hole Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An international scientific …

Black Hole event horizon: First image of black hole helps confirm Einstein's general relativity theory
5 years, 11 months ago

Black Hole event horizon: First image of black hole helps confirm Einstein's general relativity theory

Firstpost  

The black hole is located in the M87 galaxy that is about 53 million light years away from Earth. While much around a black hole falls into a death spiral and is never to be seen again, the new image captures “lucky gas and dust” circling at just far enough to be safe and seen millions of years later on …

First ever photo of black hole looks like Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings
5 years, 11 months ago

First ever photo of black hole looks like Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings

India Today  

In the end, the black hole turned out to be literally just that -- a black hole surrounded by a ring of angry yellow-red flames. To some, including a scientist, the black hole was reminiscent of the powerful flaming Eye of Sauron from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. An international team of scientists this evening presented a breakthrough in …

First closeup image of a black hole ever taken might be unveiled on 10 April
5 years, 11 months ago

First closeup image of a black hole ever taken might be unveiled on 10 April

Firstpost  

The closest supermassive black hole to us is thought to be at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy. The international team of astronomers and engineers behind the Event Horizon Telescope project is seeding news publications days ahead of what ScienceAlert reports could be the first-ever photo of a black hole’s event horizon. If true, the ESO’s 10 April event …

WHAT IS THE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE SAGITTARIUS A*
6 years, 2 months ago

WHAT IS THE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE SAGITTARIUS A*

Daily Mail  

The galactic centre of the Milky Way is dominated by one resident, the supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A*. Supermassive black holes are incredibly dense areas in the centre of galaxies with masses that can be billions of times that of the sun. Less than one per cent of the material initially within the black hole’s gravitational influence reaches …

Sagittarius A*: Take a virtual tour into supermassive black hole heavier than 4 million suns
6 years, 4 months ago

Sagittarius A*: Take a virtual tour into supermassive black hole heavier than 4 million suns

India Today  

Scientists for the first time have created a virtual reality simulation of Sagittarius A* - the black hole at the centre of our galaxy - that allows viewers to better visualise the phenomenon. The authors suggest that this virtual reality simulation could be useful for studying black holes. "Our virtual reality simulation creates one of the most realistic views of …

Mystery objects spotted come close to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole baffle scientists
6 years, 9 months ago

Mystery objects spotted come close to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole baffle scientists

Daily Mail  

Astronomers have spotted several mysterious structures close to the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. The 'weird structures' appear to be able to survive the immense force of gravity of the Milky Way's black hole, known as Sagittarius A* 'These compact dusty stellar objects move extremely fast and close to our Galaxy's supermassive black hole,' said Dr …

The center of the Milky Way is teeming with black holes
6 years, 11 months ago

The center of the Milky Way is teeming with black holes

The Hindu  

The center of our galaxy is teeming with black holes, sort of like a Times Square for strange super gravity objects, astronomers discovered. Supermassive black holes “There’s lots of action going on there,” said study lead author Chuck Hailey, a Columbia University astrophysicist. That’s why people like to study it.” The stellar black holes are in addition to and essentially …

Thousands of black holes 10 times the mass of our sun may be hiding in Milky Way's centre
6 years, 11 months ago

Thousands of black holes 10 times the mass of our sun may be hiding in Milky Way's centre

India Today  

Astrophysics has helped in the revelation of thousands of black holes which may be hiding in Milky Way - the galaxy which houses our solar system A team of astrophysicists from the US has discovered as many as a dozen black holes. These black holes have gathered around Sagittarius A* which is the supermassive black hole in the centre of …

10,000 black holes discovered at the center of Milky Way
6 years, 11 months ago

10,000 black holes discovered at the center of Milky Way

India Today  

In a recent study by New York's Columbia University, astrophysicists have detected a dozen black holes gathered around Sagittarius A at the centre of our Milky Way galaxy. "Everything you'd ever want to learn about the way big black holes interact with little black holes, you can learn by studying this distribution," said Columbia Astrophysicist Chuck Hailey, Co-director of the …

Scientists discover 10,000 black holes hiding at centre of Milky Way
6 years, 11 months ago

Scientists discover 10,000 black holes hiding at centre of Milky Way

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Scientists have long suspected that there might be a host of smaller black holes surrounding the supermassive …

Center Of The Milky Way Has Thousands Of Black Holes, Study Shows
6 years, 11 months ago

Center Of The Milky Way Has Thousands Of Black Holes, Study Shows

NPR  

Center Of The Milky Way Has Thousands Of Black Holes, Study Shows Enlarge this image toggle caption Spitzer Space Telescope/NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Sponsor Message He and his colleagues recently went hunting for black holes, using observations of the galactic center made by a NASA telescope called the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Finding so many in such a small region is significant, because until …

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