A composite Chandra image of Centaurus A showing the effects of an active supermassive black hole (Image: NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al/NSF/VLA/Univ.Hertfor dshire/M.Hardcastle/ESO/VLT/ISAAC/M.Rejk uba et al.)
THE mammoth black holes at the centre of most galaxies may be pushing the universe closer to its final fade-out. And it is all down to the raging disorder within those dark powerhouses.
Disorder is measured by a quantity called entropy, something which has been on the rise ever since the big bang. Chas Egan and Charles Lineweaver of the Australian National University in Canberra used the latest astrophysical data to calculate the total entropy…
