The Milky Way, the galaxy that we call home, is an awe-inspiring and vast expanse of stars, planets, gas clouds, and mysterious objects. As the backdrop to our night skies, it’s a constant reminder of how much remains unknown in the universe. While astronomers have made remarkable progress in understanding the Milky Way, it still…
Astronomers believe that radio telescopes in space can take much better images of black holes in the future. Black holes have always attracted a lot of attention, since their discovery in 1916. Recently, astronomers have finally captured the first-ever image of a black hole to put an end to the long-lasting anticipation. The Event Horizon…
V404 Cygni is one of the most peculiar black holes known to humanity because the change in direction of its wobbling relativistic jets can be observed in a matter of minutes. V404 Cygni is actually a binary microquasar system comprising of a black hole, which is about 9 times the mass of our sun. This…