How do black holes grow?

When black holes merge, they emit gravitational waves. But no such waves have yet been detected, ruling out some ideas about how they merge.

26 October 2013

Interview with

Kirsten Gottschalk, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research

Part of the show Comet ISON is coming!

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What University of Warwick researchers think the aftermath of a large star being consumed by a black hole at the center of a galaxy 3.8 billion light years distant may have looked like. The event blasted jets of energy from the black hole, one of...

Credit:

University of Warwick / Mark A. Garlick

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