Washington: The recent collision between a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and an American Eagle Flight 5342 near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has brought attention to the safety record of the Black Hawk. Considered the “workhorse” of Army aviation, the Black Hawk has been in service since 1979 and has a reputation for being reliable … Read more
Washington, United States: Investigators on Thursday recovered the black boxes from a passenger plane whose mid-air collision with a military helicopter over Washington’s Potomac river killed 67 people, as rescuers pulled victims’ bodies from the freezing water. US President Donald Trump launched a political attack blaming diversity and inclusion policies championed by his Democratic predecessors … Read more
The supermassive black hole M87*, located 55 million light-years away in the Messier 87 galaxy, continues to intrigue astronomers with its dynamic and chaotic behaviour. Observations from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have revealed notable turbulence in the accretion flow—the stream of gas and plasma that feeds the black hole. The black hole, which has … Read more
For the first time, astronomers have directly observed a supermassive black hole ejecting a jet of plasma traveling at one-third the speed of light. This rare phenomenon, located 270 million light-years away in the constellation Draco, centers around the black hole at the heart of galaxy 1ES 1927+654, which holds a mass 1.4 billion times … Read more
The universe’s most massive black holes fuel themselves by cooling gas around them, astronomers have found. Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, researchers have demonstrated how black hole outbursts trigger a self-sustaining feeding process. The study, published in Nature Astronomy and led by Valeria Olivares from … Read more
Black money continues to be received in Maharashtra Assembly elections. The police once again seized Rs 4 crore and Rs 25 lakh in cash at the Maharashtra-Gujarat border. The Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman borders in Palghar district of Gujarat have been sealed in view of the elections. Cash worth crores of rupees was confiscated … Read more