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Black holes may hide a mind-bending secret about our universe

Black holes may hide a mind-bending secret about our universe

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For the past century the biggest bar fight in science has been between Albert Einstein and himself. On one side is the Einstein who in 1915 conceived general relativity, which describes gravity as the warping of space-time by matter and energy. That theory predicted that space-time could bend, expand, rip, quiver like a bowl of […]

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Black Hole Hunters: Scientists want your help in finding hidden black holes

Black Hole Hunters: Scientists want your help in finding hidden black holes

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A team of researchers from the Open University and the University of Southampton is asking for public help to find black holes, some of the most mysterious and elusive objects in the known universe. The most massive stars explode when they get really old, sometimes leaving behind a large amount of mass condensed into a […]

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