Scientists capture first image of supermassive black hole in Milky Way and it is starving

The image produced is a strong proof of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, say experts

Indian researchers spot rare supermassive black hole, opens new avenues for star formation research

Researchers speculate that jets fired by supermassive black holes will likely suppress future star formation

Scientists find supermassive black hole moving within host galaxy

It can be two black holes in the process of merging or one in a binary system of black holes

Astronomers detect biggest collision of ‘impossible’ black holes

The mammoth collision of two black holes formed another one 150 times the mass of the sun

What’s the mysterious light up above? A supermassive black hole ripping a star apart

Halfway across the universe, this is brightest and farthest tidal disruption event ever detected

Most distant source of radio emission discovered, holds clues about ancient universe

Supermassive black holes that formed when the universe was young have raised more questions than they answered

Understanding the cosmos: Bizarre flash of light traced back to kilonova a billion light years away

Odd behaviour by gamma ray burst breaks long-held traditional paradigm

Galaxy mergers ignite ‘quasars’ — the most powerful celestial objects: Study

Quasars likely to be future of Milky Way galaxy when it collides with Andromeda in about 5 billion years

African scientists and technology could drive future black hole discoveries

South Africa also has well-established infrastructure at its astronomical sites, which are protected by legislation

Indian astronomers find evidence of supernova remnants

The evidence of explosion in a star-forming region, called G351.7–1.2, is in the form of a high velocity jet of atomic hydrogen  

Relevance of Srinivasa Ramanujan: the man who knew infinity

December 22 is the birth anniversary of Ramanujan and observed as National Mathematics Day

NASA tweets audio of what a black hole sounds like — and it is super eerie

Space agency debunks popular misconception of no sound in space 

In a different light

Here’s what Stanford University research papers, focusing on areas ranging from supermassive black holes to the intricacies of the human brain, …

First ever image of a black hole unveiled

It is a 'breakthrough for humanity', say scientists

Milky Way’s supermassive black hole exploded 3.5 million years ago: Study

The blast took place 63 million years after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs; and when our earliest ancestors — the Australopithecines &…

Study gains new insights into the evolution of galaxies

It has shown that even a relatively weak jet from a supermassive black hole can clear the nuclear region of the galaxy of its gas, indicating …

Evidence of brand new physics at Cern? Why we’re cautiously optimistic about our new findings

The standard model has withstood every experimental test thrown at it since it was assembled in the 1970s

Wormholes may be lurking in the universe — and new studies are proposing ways of finding them

Nature may have found a way to create wormholes to keep the universe from expanding

Eminent physicist Stephen Hawking dies at 76

Hawking theoretically proved that black holes were present as singularities in the cosmic space-time continuum

Another gravitational wave detected, second time in four months

With two strong gravitational waves in four months, scientists can now work towards mapping the population of black holes in our universe

Stephen Hawking and I created his final theory of the cosmos — here’s what it reveals about the origins of time and life

The enigma at the centre of our research throughout this period was how the Big Bang could have created conditions so perfectly hospitable to life

Are black holes time machines? Yes, but there’s a catch

Black hole is an extremely massive object that is typically formed when a dying star collapses in on itself

Scepticism to clarity: Dormant black hole found in Milky Way’s satellite galaxy

The discovery is also a vindication of the possibility of an abundance of black holes in our universe 

How we captured first image of the supermassive black hole at centre of the Milky Way

The team observed Sagittarius A* on multiple nights, collecting data for many hours in a row

Study disproves Hawking, shows tiny black holes may not account for Dark Matter

For a whole night, the research team took 190 consecutive images of Andromeda galaxy