JWST’s Little Red Dots could be black hole feeding bursts
A new theoretical study suggests that Little Red Dots observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) could…
Magnetic Fields May Solve a Longstanding Binary Star Mystery
Visualization of gas flows around a binary protostar system calculated by ATERUI III. The gas shown in red…
Record-Breaking Black Hole Wind Blasts Through Space at 30% the Speed of Light
An artist’s impression of a quasar. The black dot in the center represents the supermassive black hole at…
Bucking boycotts, prizewinning Israeli astrophysicist finds ‘Zen-like’ perspective in space
Astrophysicist Paz Biniamini from the Open University of Israel on Tuesday became the first scholar in the Ra’anana-based…
Astronomers Discover Two Monster Black Holes Creating a Cosmic Void as They Merge
Artistic depiction, for illustrative purposes online. Space is usually crowded at the center of a giant galaxy. Stars…
A Cannibal Star Finally Solves One of Astronomy’s Biggest Mysteries
Scientists have linked a mysterious class of repeating cosmic signals to a white dwarf star stealing material from…
NASA’s Roman Telescope Will Search 100 Million Stars for New Worlds
This infographic features artist’s concept views of our Milky Way galaxy: face-on at the left and edge-on at…
Astronomers may have discovered one of the rarest explosions in the universe
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing a neutron star and another star. By studying a supernova that…
UH astronomy alumnus honored as outstanding young scientist
Reading time: < 1 minuteGagandeep Anand A University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) alumnus has been recognized…
Astronomers discover red dwarfs absorbing matter from Earth-like planets
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing a red dwarf and a planet. Astronomers have recently discovered red…
Scientists Discover Two Strange Dead Stars That Defy Astronomical Expectations
Two exotic white dwarf merger remnants have been found to share a striking set of unusual properties, including…
Hubble Captures M88 on Journey to Center of Virgo Cluster
The focus of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an active spiral galaxy on a journey lasting hundreds of millions of…