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Gravitational wave astronomy: Black holes have no hair
It took more than 100 years until the existence of gravitational waves predicted by Albert Einstein in 1915 as part of his general theory of relativity was…
ESO telescope sees star dance around supermassive black hole, proves Einstein right
“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…
Something is Lurking in the Heart of Quasar 3C 279
The EHT collaboration continues extracting information from the exquisite data collected in its global campaign in April 2017. Target of the observations was…
Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-size black hole
Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are a long-sought “missing link” in black hole evolution. There have been a few other IMBH candidates found to date.
Astronomers discover class of strange objects near our galaxy's enormous black hole
“These objects look like gas and behave like stars,” said co-author Andrea Ghez, UCLA's Lauren B. Leichtman and Arthur E. Levine Professor of Astrophysics and…
Explosion or collapse? — Experiment on beta-decay sheds light on fate of intermediate-mass stars
They stress the fascinating opportunities offered by future accelerator facilities like FAIR in understanding the processes defining the evolution of the…