Archive for 'Black Holes'

The mysterious black hole

The mysterious black hole

Back on the sea of articles, surfing the latest news. And what is the latest rabbit from the hat? Well, we know that they should be there, we know how do they look like, but we don’t know where they are and why we don’t see them. And I’m not talking about aliens, they fit […]

Early, early, early, early black holes

Early, early, early, early black holes

I wrote this article sitting in a cafe, drinking good decaf latte from a light green mug and listening to unknown ambiental music. – Who came first, the galaxy or the black hole? – Is the evolution of black holes linked with the one of its host galaxy from the beginning? – How many massive […]

Black holes as telescopes

Black holes as telescopes

What can you do with a black hole? A first answer will be like, not much, and you better keep your distance! It turns out that you can use the black hole in the center of our Galaxy as a giant telescope. At least this is the idea of Amitai Bin-Nun of the University of […]

Black Hole binaries as gravitational wave sources

Black Hole binaries as gravitational wave sources

The battle between GPU(Graphical Processing Unit) and CPU(Central processing unit) is even more fierce in the realm of science where many disciplines use simulations. One of this is astrophysics where simulations of physical processces in the Universe play an important role. The main advantage of using the GPU is the price of hardware, you can […]

How To Weight A Black Hole

How To Weight A Black Hole

Do you know what a black hole is? Well yes, everybody knows by now what this monster is, an astrophysical object that can absorb everything, even light and from the insight of it there is no way out. But do you know how to measure it’s mass? In a recent article by B. Czerny and […]