May 22, 2013

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Astronomers find nearby baby black hole

Black hole Image

Washington, Nov 16 ,Scientists have identified a young black hole formed from an exploding star witnessed 30 years ago. The explosion of the star was first observed by an amateur astronomer in 1979, but it took decades of observation to confirm it had become a black hole. The death of the star in supernova 1979C [...]

Google Homepage Celebrates 115th Birthday of X-Rays with new “X-Ray Google Doodle”

xray google doodle

Google has once again surprised us with another of their now infamous homepage doodles. This time, the search giant is celebrating breakthroughs in technology and they have created a rather slick X-Ray design. Their discovery was made by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, in 1895. They are a form of radiation composed of rays and [...]