The Hunt for Dark Matter Has a New, Surprising Target
Dark matter’s nature has long eluded scientists, but new theoretical and experimental advances are pointing to an unexpected…
First-Ever Simulations Reveal Ghost Particles Shapeshifting in Violent Neutron Star Mergers
New simulations of neutron star mergers reveal that the mixing and changing of tiny particles called neutrinos impacts…
NASA’s Webb Just Revealed Something Astonishing in Saturn’s Atmosphere
Detections of near infrared emissions in Saturn’s ionosphere (left) show dark bead-like features embedded within bright aurora. In…
Full Black Hole Recoil Measurement
Researchers have, for the first time, tracked the recoil of a newborn black hole, revealing new insights into…
New Class of Ancient Star System Discovered Hiding in Our Galaxy
A globular cluster (white concentration of stars) naturally emerges in the high-resolution EDGE simulations. These simulations also predict…
Amateur Astronomers Help Track Asteroid To French Impact Site
With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid travelled from space, broke up in Earth’s atmosphere…
A supernova may soon be visible in the sky
The universe continues to hold many surprises, as is the case with this interstellar visitor present in our…
Webb Telescope Detects Gas on Distant Dwarf Planet Makemake for the First Time
An SwRI-led team used Webb telescope observations (white) to detect methane gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake.…
A Black Hole Where It Shouldn’t Be? Astronomers Find Rogue Giant Just 230 Million Light-Years Away
A team of astronomers has discovered a rare “wandering” black hole inside a dwarf galaxy located about 230…
Mysterious “Universe Breaker” Red Dots Could Be Black Holes in Disguise
Artist’s impression of a black hole star (not to scale). Mysterious tiny pinpoints of light discovered at the…
Gravitational waves help scientists measure newborn black hole’s ‘kick’
The historic finding comes about a decade after the first detection of gravitational waves performed by a famous…