A Huge, Lazy Black Hole Is Redefining the Early Universe
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a massive, dormant black hole from just 800 million years after ...
Tag: astrophysics
These Satellites Are About to Create Artificial Solar Eclipses — And Unlock the Sun’s Secrets
Two spacecraft will create artificial eclipses to study the Sun’s corona.
Astronomers Just Mapped the ‘Invisible’ Corona of Black Holes — Here’s Why It Matters
Like the Sun, black holes also have a corona.
Astronomers Shocked as JWST Uncovers Massive Galaxies That Challenge Gravity Theory. Is Dark Matter Theory Wrong?
New observations suggest that the universe’s oldest galaxies are brighter than expected. Here's why this may be a big deal.
NASA researchers find two black holes heading for a merger in our cosmic neighborhood
This is the closest pair detected in the local universe using multiwavelength (visible and X-ray light) observations.
Scientists find a new way to make virtual stars
Researchers developed a 3D star formation simulation, good enough to make you gaze at the example video for a while.
Chandra X-ray and MeerKAT data reveal a busy galactic center
The study found magnetic phenomena in the center of the Milky Way that resemble those in our solar system
What is dark matter? A deep dive
84.4% of the matter in the universe is something that we don’t really understand yet.
Molten exoplanets may explain the formation of Earth-like worlds
The study of molten exoplanets around Sun-like stars may provide answers as to the formation of Earth-like planets and the ...
Ancient galaxies found in our cosmic neighborhood
The galaxies date from the so-called cosmic Dark Ages.
NASA wants to take a piece of an asteroid and make it a moon of the Moon
It almost sounds too cheesy to be true: NASA wants to send a shuttle to an asteroid, pluck a piece ...
Astronomers discover the oldest known star
A team led by astronomers at The Australian National University has discovered what they believe to be the oldest star ...
For the first time, researchers discover true color of distant planet
The world, known as HD189733b, has a deep azure hue, probably the result of molten silicate glass rain in the ...
How many Earth-like planets are there in the Milky Way? Billions, according to astronomers
One of the most outstanding dreams astronomers and other scientists hope to accomplish is to someday encounter proof that extraterestrial ...
Supercomputer simulation confirms Universe formation model
Astronomers at UC Santa Cruz have set a new benchmark for cosmological research for decades to come maybe, after successfully simulating ...
[VIDEO] The ISS and Atlantis shuttle as seen in broad daylight
Incredibly enough, using a a simple, standard issued astrophotography set-up, amateur astronomer Scott Ferguson was able to film in incredible detail ...
Extrasolar hot Jupiter sheds some light on our own solar system
Since 1995, over 500 planets that don't orbit our Sun have been discovered, with the numbers increasing more and more ...
Some black holes may be older than time itself
An intriguing hypothesis was brought up by Professor Bernard Carr from Queen Mary University in London and Professor Alan Coley ...
Carl Sagan’s Cosmos
In case you have no idea who Carl Sagan is... well, you should, basically. Carl Sagan is one of those ...
NASA rejects Russian report: Apophis asteroid extremely unlikely to hit earth
In 2004, NASA researchers identified the Apophis asteroid and after some quick calculations they states there is a chance the ...
Astronomers upset the theory of planetary formation
The discovery of 9 new planets raises some serious questions on the matter of how planets are formed. Two astronomers ...
Saturn’s moon full of geysers
There are many things we have yet to find out about Saturn, but the Cassini probe has definitely shed some ...
New planet close to size of Earth found
The Planet Researchers have long been interested in finding other planets that have approximately the same size as our mother ...
‘Fossil’ fireballs found from supernovae
The US-Japan Sukazu observatory reported the finding of some never-before seen embers from the high temperature fireballs that immediately follower ...
Water and fog found on Titan, Saturn’s moon
As I was writing in a previous post, Titan is quite unique, in that aside from our planet it's the ...
Stellar ‘cannibalism’ is the key to giant stars
You may or may not have heard about blue stragglers; they are blue stars that are hotter and bluer than ...
