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A Black Hole Paradox Where Relativity and Quantum Physics Meet

Nirmalya Kajuri 29/08/2020

We have made great advances in physics in the...

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Spotted in New Gravitational Wave Discovery: A Stranger in the Stellar Graveyard

Abhirup Ghosh 23/06/2020

One of the two objects involved in the new...

Artist's impression depicts the orbits of the two stars and the black hole in the HR 6819 triple system

Astronomers Find Earth’s Closest Black Hole (So Far)

Will Dunham 08/05/2020

The black hole, at least 4.2 times the mass of the...

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In the Latest Gravitational Wave Signal, a New Music Meets an Old Prediction

P. Ajith, K.G. Arun and Anand Sengupta 29/04/2020

The collision happened a little over two billion lightyears...

fast radio bursts, black holes, neutron stars, neutron star merger, Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, blitzar, cosmic candles, Abraham Loeb, Manasvi Lingam, Global Positioning System, NAVIC,

We’re Finally Getting to Know the Secrets of Neutron Stars as Well

Prakash Chandra 22/04/2020

Are neutron stars – the incredibly dense, burnt-out cores...

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A Hundred Years Later, it’s Still All Relative

Ghanashyam Date 12/09/2019

It's one hundred years since Albert Einstein readied his...

fast radio bursts, black holes, neutron stars, neutron star merger, Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, blitzar, cosmic candles, Abraham Loeb, Manasvi Lingam, Global Positioning System, NAVIC,

In Major First, Space Sleuths Pinpoint Source of Brilliant Mystery Radio Burst

Prakash Chandra 03/07/2019

A navigation system based on such radio signals would...