Scientists have proven one of Einstein’s theories, finding evidence that a plunging-region around black holes not only exists ...
"This represents an exciting new development in the study of black holes," astrophysicist Andrew Mummery said.
An 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 of ...
S cientists have spotted a strange area around black holes called the plunging region for the first time. In his general ...
A black hole pulling material from a companion star towards it, forming a disc that rotates around the black hole before falling into it. Credit: NASA / CXC/ M. Weiss. Scientists have made a ...
Einstein was right! Scientists found the first-ever evidence of "plunging regions" of spacetime where matter inexorably falls ...
An international team led by researchers at Oxford University Physics have proved Einstein was correct about a key prediction concerning black holes. First proof that 'plunging regions' exist around ...
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A simulation showed black holes with masses between 100 and 10,000 times that of the sun could be born through a chaotic chain of stellar collisions. Researchers have discovered that elusive ...
"Many researchers feel they are a strong candidate for dark matter, but there would need to be plenty of them to satisfy that theory." The hunt for missing, miniscule black holes left over from ...