Three black holes light up at once in rare three-galaxy collision
In a patch of sky about 1.2 billion light-years from Earth, astronomers have found a cosmic rarity: three…
Today in History, December 25: James Webb Space Telescope is the Christmas gift that keeps on giving
The best kind of Christmas present is one that keeps on giving. Launched four years ago today, the…
Runaway Black Hole Escapes Its Galaxy—and It’s Leaving Baby Stars in Its Wake
A supermassive black hole that’s 10 million times the mass of the Sun is hurtling through space, leaving…
Astronomers Caught a Spacetime Whirlpool Around a Black Hole as First Predicted by Einstein. “This is a Real Gift for Physicists”
An artist’s impression depicts the accretion disk surrounding a black hole, in which the inner region of the…
Astronomers May Have Finally Solved the Mystery of These Freaky Blue Cosmic Flashes
The cosmos is so full of mysteries that sometimes, astronomers will find answers to things you’ve probably never…
Astronomers discover spacetime drag around a supermassive black hole — as predicted by Einstein
A star’s fatal brush with a supermassive black hole can light up a quiet galaxy. When gravity shreds…
The fate of massive rotating stars – Sciworthy
At the most fundamental level, a star exists when material is bound together strongly enough by gravity that…
Is the universe ending sooner than we thought? New physics suggests a much shorter lifespan |
New physics reveals detailed calculations showing the universe’s end may come far sooner than expected, with an exact…
Scientists May Have Finally Seen Dark Matter
The universe has no shortage of mysteries, many of which have puzzled us for ages. One of the…
After nearly a century of looking, researchers may have finally detected dark matter
For nearly a century, something unseen has tugged at the cosmos. In the 1930s, Swiss astronomer Fritz Zwicky…
Red giant starquakes reshape what scientists think about quiet black holes
You live in a galaxy packed with black holes that never announce themselves. They do not blaze in…
If a tiny black hole passed through your body would it hurt you?
Black holes keep showing up in the news. Scientists have recorded the space ripples from their violent crashes…