Tag - Cosmos

First Truly Isolated Black Hole Discovered In The Cosmos

Credit: Illustration of a lone stellar-mass black hole. (FECYT/IAC)For the first time, a solitary black hole drifting through the cosmos has been confirmed. After much excitement, a closer examination has unveiled the true nature of this mysterious object.The latest analysis reveals that the black hole has a mass approximately 7.15 times that of the Sun,...

Smart Astro-Camerascope Delivers a Clear View of the Cosmos

The Finder TW2 can capture the cosmos in 48-megapixel photos or 4K video, with AI onboard to help keep things sharpBeaverlabStargazing can be both complex and costly, but Beaverlab aims to simplify and reduce the expense with the Finder TW2, a user-friendly telescope that claims to be the world’s first AI-powered planetary camera.Beaverlab, known...

Is the Brightest Entity in the Cosmos a Supermassive Black Hole?

An artist's impression of the brightest object ever discovered – a quasar that shines with the light of 500 trillion Suns – which is also the fastest growing black hole, eating the equivalent of a Sun a dayESO/M. KornmesserOne might expect that locating the brightest object in the observable universe would be straightforward, but...