Black holes have captured our imagination and become the source of many science fiction stories and scientists have always tried to solve one or the other mysteries related to the issues of Black Hole. Scientists now believed that they know a big deal about the mysteries of black hole but not exactly. Nature has again thrown astronomers for a loop. Just when they thought they understood how gamma-ray bursts formed, they have uncovered what appears to be evidence for a new kind of cosmic explosion. These seem to arise when a newly born black hole swallows most of the matter from its doomed parent star.
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most powerful explosions in the Universe, signal the formation of a new black hole and come in two flavors, long and short ones. In recent years, international efforts have shown that long gamma-ray bursts are linked with the explosive deaths of massive stars (hypernovae). The newly found gamma-ray bursts, however, do not fit the picture. They instead seem to share the properties of both the long and short classes.
This means a new mystery, a new problem and a new chase to find more of these unconventional bursts.
Whatever the solution to the problem is, it is clear that these new results challenge the commonly accepted scenario, in which long bursts are associated with a bright supernova. So I think there will always remain a degree of mystery regarding the issues of Black Hole.
Via: Sciencedaily
