Archive · 29 May 2025
IIT-Bombay Astronomers Hunt Light from Cosmic Explosions
Imagine giant space monsters like black holes and neutron stars smashing into each other.
Scientists at IIT-Bombay are looking for a tiny flash of light from these crashes.
These events create ripples in space called gravitational waves, which have been detected before.
They use a space telescope called AstroSat to search for X-rays, hoping to find light from black hole collisions.
Although they haven't found any flashes yet, this helps them learn more.
They're exploring if black holes, which usually suck up light, might also create light when they collide.
Future projects like LIGO India could help them find these flashes.
IIT-Bombay scientists are searching for light from black hole and neutron star collisions.
These collisions are among the most violent events in the universe.
Researchers are using India's AstroSat telescope to search for X-ray flashes.
The team has not yet found any flashes from black hole collisions.
Upcoming projects like LIGO India may help in future discoveries.
- Who
- Scientists at IIT-Bombay
- What
- Searching for light flashes from black hole and neutron star collisions.
- When
- Ongoing research, with data collection continuing until late 2025.
- Where
- Using data from space and analyzing gravitational wave events.
- Why
- To understand these extreme cosmic events and how black holes behave.
- Research Team
- IIT-Bombay scientists
- Focus
- Light from black hole and neutron star collisions
- Instrument
- AstroSat's CZTI instrument
- Observed Events
- 70 known gravitational wave events
- Distance Explored
- Up to 32 billion light-years
- Findings
- No flashes detected yet