The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) AstroSat’s full multi-wavelength capabilities have enabled an international team of scientists to unravel the mysteries surrounding the X-ray binary system MAXI J1820+070, hosting a black hole. AstroSat is India’s first multi-wavelength space observatory which was launched in September 2015 and now a comprehensive study presents unique insights into the … Read more
Astronomers have revealed the first visual of a supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way — the Earth’s galaxy. Known as Sagittarius A* (Sagittarius A-star), the object is four million times the mass of the Earth’s Sun. The image — produced by the global team known as the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration … Read more
A “strange explosive episode” is unfolding in the galaxy, NASA scientists have proposed. The scientists have theorised that a colossal black hole performed a 180° magnetic flip after observing a mysterious cosmic outburst in a galaxy located 236 million light years away. Details of the theory have been published in a new study in the Astrophysical … Read more
NASA has released audio of the black hole at the centre of the Perseus galaxy, more than 200 million lightyears away from Earth. The sound waves were recorded by the space telescope, the Chandra X-ray observatory, as astronomical data and then translated into sound. “Since 2003, the black hole at the centre of the Perseus … Read more
Centre for Astrophysics’ Peter Maksym-led team traced these rays to the core of the galaxy. (Image: NASA, ESA, and W.P. Maksym (CfA)) Black holes: Sunsets offer some of the most stunning views when the sunlight filters through the clouds and creates a mix of bright and dark rays due to the scattering of light by … Read more