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Astronomers observe light bending around an isolated white dwarf

02 Feb 2023
Astronomers have directly measured the mass of a dead star using an effect known as gravitational microlensing, first predicted by Einstein in his...
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Artist's conception shows two merging black holes similar to those detected by LIGO.

LIGO detects gravitational waves for third time

01 Jun 2017
Results confirm new population of black holes.
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Gravitational vortex provides new way to study matter close to a black hole

12 Jul 2016
An international team of astronomers has proved the existence of a ‘gravitational vortex’ around a black hole, solving a mystery that has eluded...
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Star field - 4

Five-dimensional black hole could ‘break’ general relativity

19 Feb 2016
Researchers have successfully simulated how a ring-shaped black hole could cause general relativity to break down: assuming the universe contains at...
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Gravitational waves detected 100 years after Einstein’s prediction

11 Feb 2016
New window on the universe is opened with the observation of gravitational waves – ripples in spacetime – caused by the collision of two black holes....
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Black Holes Go 'Mano a Mano' (NASA, Chandra, 10/06/09)

New insights found in black hole collisions

27 Mar 2015
New research provides revelations about the most energetic event in the universe — the merging of two spinning, orbiting black holes into a much...
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The galaxy NGC 4151. Researchers were able to use this galaxy to accumulate data about flares coming from a mysterious X-ray source close to the giant black hole at its centre.

“Echo” of light augurs new era in study of black holes

31 May 2012

A long-sought “echo” of light that promises to reveal more about supersized black holes in distant galaxies has been identified by an international...

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