Astronomers find evidence of supermassive black holes ejected from the centers of galaxies
A study of 104,688 quasars found a pattern consistent with supermassive black holes recoiling after mergers.Larger estimated velocity…
Astronomers Find The Possible Date Vincent Van Gogh Painted His Iconic “Starry Night”
Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting The Starry Night may have been inspired by a real sky rather than…
MEGATRON simulations connect the first stars with the universe’s smallest galaxies
MEGATRON simulations offer a possible explanation for the similar iron content of many of the smallest galaxies.Radiation delayed…
Scientists Challenge Date of Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ | 10 News – YouTube
Scientists Challenge Date of Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ | 10 News YouTubeThe actual sky of Van Gogh’s Starry Night:…
An enriched methane D/H ratio in the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS
Gourier, D. et al. Extreme deuterium enrichment of organic radicals in the Orgueil meteorite: revisiting the interstellar interpretation?…
An intertwined short and long γ-ray burst with a 4-minute separation
Krimm, H. A. et al. GRB 160425A: Swift detection of an unusual burst with an optical afterglow. GRB…
Apparent magnetic field decay in a solar flare from Zeeman splitting of the Mg I 12.32-µm line
Priest, E. R. & Forbes, T. G. The magnetic nature of solar flares. Astron. Astrophys. Rev. 10, 313…
The ‘Exotic Physics’ Behind a Mysterious 1,000-Mile Cloud on Mars
Every morning during the Martian spring and summer, a thin and extremely long cloud emerges, only to disappear…
A self-shadowing black hole accretion disk at sub-Eddington luminosities
Matsuoka, M. et al. The MAXI mission on the ISS: science and instruments for monitoring all-sky X-ray images.…
Astronomers Matched van Gogh’s Starry Night to a Real Sky—and a Weirdly Specific Date
For a surprisingly long time, scientists have debated whether Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night was his fantasy,…
The Magellanic Clouds: Two Galaxies Dancing with Death
Dear readers, faithful companions of the lantern and the basketball, First, I must ask your forgiveness for a…
Dennis Mammana: Watch the Moon Dance Across the Night Sky Toward a Close Encounter with Saturn | Outdoors
The moon shines brightly in our night sky this week. Stargazers have been known to curse those nights…