Article: Black holes can form from vanishing stars.

Article: BLACK HOLES CAN FORM FROM VANISHING STARS
United Press International;  April 24, 2003 ;     588 words ......International 04-24-2003 Black holes can form from...findings suggest black holes also can form...why many gamma ray bursts -- the invisible...Research on black holes is a way to explore...International. Black holes are pits in space...Although the ...

Article: Energy-saving space engines: black holes can be green.(This Week)
Science News;  April 29, 2006 ;     455 words ...Some seemingly quiet black holes are actually efficient engines that...directly measure the efficiency of black holes, offers a hint as to why the universe isn't more crowded with stars. All black holes swallow matter and spit out energy...

Article: NASA launches observatory to hunt for black holes
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 21, 2004 ;     209 words ......represent the birth screams of black holes. NASA launched the observatory...should begin its hunt for gamma ray bursts by January and erase some of the...surrounding these explosions and black holes. Gamma ray bursts are the most powerful events in...thought to signal ...

Article: Hawking offers theories on black holes during visit
Pasadena Star-News;  April 10, 2008 ;     295 words ...There may be a lot more to black holes than just sucking objects into oblivion...faculty - to give a public presentation on black holes in terms a lay person could understand...speech went through an overview of what black holes are and some of discoveries he had made...

Article: X-ray telescope detects black holes of universe
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 18, 2001 ;     355 words ...X-ray telescope detects black holes of universe By PAUL RECER Associated...universe teemed with supermassive black holes spewing X-rays across the heavens...captured faint X- rays streaming from black holes up to 12 billion light-years away...

Article: Black holes have simple feeding habits.
M2 Presswire;  June 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-19 June 2008-NASA: Black holes have simple feeding habits(C)1994-2008...COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:18062008 The biggest black holes may feed just like the smallest ones...of Einstein's relativity theory that black holes of all sizes have similar properties...

Article: Black holes - science fact stranger than science fiction?
Belfast Telegraph;  March 15, 2005 ;     591 words ......information. This is a feature article on Black Holes which has been specially commissioned...the public's imagination as much as black holes. These strange regions of space have...often used the fantastic properties of black holes in their plots. So how much do you know...

Article: FINDINGS DEEPEN MYSTERY OF BLACK HOLES
United Press International;  September 17, 2002 ;     543 words ...00-00-0000 Findings deepen mystery of black holes WASHINGTON, Sep 17, 2002 (United Press...astronomers have found medium-sized black holes among some very old star clusters, a...conundrum: Which came first, galaxies or black holes? The black holes were discovered in...

Article: Young Cosmos Was Full of Black Holes; Results From Space Observatory May Challenge Ideas of How First Galaxies Formed
The Washington Post;  March 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ......the universe with X-ray eyes, they see black holes everywhere. Yesterday, two independent...turned up a cosmos once dominated by black holes of the supergiant variety, with masses...The Chandra data show us that giant black holes were much more active in the past than...

Article: Into the heart of black holes
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  March 1, 2007 ;     400 words ......Einstein to know that black holes are complex. But you...by actor Liam Neeson, Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity...supernova, around gamma ray bursts and through wormholes...generate models of actual black holes. Some of the segments...much that it becomes a ...

Article: Planetarium film takes viewers into heart of black holes
Naperville Sun, The (IL);  March 22, 2007 ;     401 words ......Einstein to know that black holes are complex. But you...by actor Liam Neeson, "Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity...supernova, around gamma ray bursts and through wormholes...generate models of actual black holes. Some of the segments...much that it becomes a ...

Article: Most galaxies hiding huge, star-eating black holes, astronomers say.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  January 13, 1997 ;     700+ words ...TORONTO _ Giant black holes millions of times more massive than...few of these star-eating monster black holes, the new finding shows they are ubiquitous...of them had these ``supermassive black holes'' at their centers. They announced...

Article: NASA launches observatory to hunt gamma ray bursts; U.S., Italy and Britain collaborate on the project
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  November 21, 2004 ;     294 words ......astronomers believe represent the birth screams of black holes. NASA launched the observatory - named Swift for...Italy and Britain, should begin its hunt for gamma ray bursts by January and erase some of the mystery surrounding these explosions and black holes. Gamma ray ...

Article: SPACECRAFT HUNTING BLACK HOLES.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  November 21, 2004 ;     248 words ......the birth screams of black holes. NASA launched the observatory...begin its hunt for gamma ray bursts by January and erase...these explosions and black holes. Gamma ray bursts are the most powerful...signal the formation of black holes. Astronomers ...