The Smallest Known Black Hole Has 20 Million Mile Per Hour Winds

February 22, 2012

A binary system containing a stellar-mass black hole, located about 28,000 light years from Earth.

Black hole IGR J17091-3624 might be the smallest known black hole, but it has the “cosmic equivalent of winds from a category five hurricane.” That’s ...

A reconstruction depicts the swampy land that was covered up 300 million years ago

‘Chinese Pompeii’ 300 Million-Year-Old Forest Preserved In Ash

Researchers have unearthed a forest in northern China preserved under a layer of ash deposited 300 million years ago. Preservation of the forest, just west ...

US Scientists Discover New ‘Waterworld’ Planet

Artists Rendering NEW YORK — An astronaut attempting to visit recently discovered planet GJ1214b would land in hot water — literally, US scientists say. Researchers ...

Even Sharks Make Friends

Sharks have a reputation for being ruthless, solitary predators, but evidence is mounting that certain species enjoy complex social lives that include longstanding relationships and ...

Russians Regenerate 30,000-Year-Old Flowering Plant

MOSCOW — It was an Ice Age squirrel’s treasure chamber, a burrow containing fruit and seeds that had been stuck in the Siberian permafrost for ...

Solar Tornadoes Dance Across Sun In Stunning Space Video

A NASA spacecraft has captured an amazing video of solar twisters blowing across the surface of the sun. The tornado-style eruptions of super-hot plasma were ...

10 Tips For Smartphone Privacy

Your smartphone is simultaneously your best friend and your worst enemy. It can help you find the nearest Starbucks for a caffeine fix, reach out ...

“Light Echoes” From Monster Star’s Eruption Found—A First

For the first time, astronomers have glimpsed reflections of light from a “supernova impostor”—the so-called Great Eruption of the star system Eta Carinae, which was ...

World’s Tiniest Chameleons Found in Madagascar

Researchers have recently discovered four new chameleon species, which rank among the world’s tiniest reptiles. Adults of the smallest species are just over an inch ...

It’s Alive! The Greatest Space Telescope Ever Built Survives

When last we heard about the James Webb Space Telescope, the souped-up, long-planned successor to the Hubble, the news was not good. Hard on the ...

Tiny Primates Found To Have Ultrasonic Voices

One of the world’s smallest primates turns out to be the only one that is ultrasonic, making and receiving calls that are outside the range ...

DEAD SEA SCROLLS - LIFE AND FAITH IN BIBLICAL TIMES

Dead Sea Scrolls Get New Life

The most extensive public display of 2,000-year-old Biblical documents just got a refresh. At the Discovery Times Square exhibit “The Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and ...