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Astronomers could detect a more bizarre system: a pair of black holes going around each other! (Photo: AFP)

There's nothing absolute about time

As the shrinking star approaches the state of a black hole, its environment encounters stronger effect of its...

28 Sept 2017 6:12 AM IST

This might seem like a small detail but it directly affects how fast black holes spin and, consequently, what effect they have on the galaxies that surround them. (Photo: AFP)

Study shows possibility of planets revolving around a black hole

New theory shows that tens of thousands of planets, 10 times the mass of the Earth, could be formed some 10 light-years...

27 Nov 2019 10:40 AM IST

The new finding forced astronomers to add a new dimension to their models. (Photo: ANI)

Astronomers find black hole spins on its side

The black hole's rotation axis is tilted by more than 40 degrees with respect to the axis of the star's orbit

6 March 2022 1:32 PM IST

The distribution of emitted photons over the energy depends on the size of the black hole. (Photo Credit: NASA)

Evidence of rare black hole spotted

Researchers from the UNH in the US found the strongest evidence to date that such middle-of-the-road black holes exist.

19 Jun 2018 8:47 PM IST