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Black Holes: #7 In the Middle

December 4, 2019by Mekhi Leave a comment

A short post discussing the possible existence of intermediate mass black holes and why we want to find them.

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Astrophysics, Physics, Science, Space

Inspirational Systems

March 12, 2019by Mekhi 2 Comments

A post explaining the research area of my new PhD – gravitational wave emission from binary sources, their detection and the key insights they provide into the nature of gravity.

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Astrophysics, Mathematics, Physics, Science

Black Holes: #4 Perturbing

January 23, 2019by Mekhi 5 Comments

A continuation in the series on Black Holes, examining the Black Hole Stability Conjecture. Asking whether, when black holes are disturbed they return to their stable state after spewing out gravitational waves.

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Astrophysics, Mathematics, Physics, Science

A System of Plenty

June 17, 2018by Mekhi 9 Comments

Today we bring together black holes and exoplanets to fantasise over the ultimate solar system with a dark twist.

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Astrophysics, Physics, Science, Space

Black Holes: #3 The Second Horizon

June 1, 2018by Mekhi 9 Comments

A continuation in the series on Black Holes, examining the inner horizon known as the Cauchy Horizon and its implications on space and time.

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Physics, Science

The Long Voyage

September 15, 2017by Mekhi 9 Comments

To mark their 40th anniversary, we tell the story of the Voyager missions. Twin spacecrafts launched in 1977 that have travelled further than any human object, out into the depths of interstellar space and are still reaching for the stars.

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Astrophysics, Science, Space

Feeling Futuristic

June 1, 2017by Mekhi 12 Comments

Today I’ll be looking forward just over a decade and pulling out what are believed to be 10 of the biggest scientific advancements of tomorrow. Hold on tight things are about to get exciting.

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Science

Looking to the Horizon

April 12, 2017by Mekhi 49 Comments

A post about the Event Horizon Telescope and its recent efforts to capture the first ever image of the Black Hole at the center of our galaxy.

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Astrophysics, Science

Black Holes: #2 Glowing and Shrinking

January 14, 2017by Mekhi 25 Comments

Today we follow on from the first in the series on Black Holes (#1 Falling In) and talk about how black holes aren’t thought to be that black after all with the idea of Hawking Radiation. The post will then cover how, as a result of this radiation black holes are thought to evaporate and as a result shrink!

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Astrophysics, Physics, Science

The Dark Side

December 28, 2016by Mekhi 47 Comments

Today we venture to the dark side in order to bust some myths on the two most mysterious and shady characters in our universe: dark matter and dark energy.

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Astrophysics, Cosmology, Physics

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